workmate
noun
work·mate
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Definition of workmate
chiefly British
: a fellow worker
Examples of workmate in a Sentence
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The gelding sold after his 2-year-old season to serve as a workmate for owner W.S. Kilmer’s champion Sun Briar. — Gabe Hauari, The Courier-Journal, "What Kentucky Derby horse won with the longest odds? Here are the top 10," 4 May 2018 These three are both workmates and longtime friends. — John Timpane, Philly.com, "Hedgerow's 'Boogie Woogie Radio Hour': Look back to 1940s radio," 13 Jan. 2018 Irish War Cry and his workmate, 5-year-old Grade 1 turf winner Ascend, went the distance in 1 minute, 14 seconds over Fair Hill's dirt track. — baltimoresun.com, "Digest: U.S. takes top seed in pool with 17-3 win over Canada at World Cup," 16 July 2017 Classic Empire's workmate Airoforce was timed in 52 seconds. — Associated Press, courant.com, "Classic Empire Trains For Belmont; True Timber Won't Run," 2 June 2017 Trainer Brendan Walsh was aboard Multiplier through eighth-mile splits of 12 2/5 seconds, 24, 36 1/5 and 48 2/5 while on the inside of the workmate, galloping out three-quarters of a mile in 1:14 3/5. — baltimoresun.com, "Digest: Donnell Whittenburg wins gold on parallel bars, silver on vault in Slovenia," 14 May 2017 A lot of the stories are about pairs of women—friends, sisters, workmates—whose relationships are complicated and intense. — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, "This Week in Fiction: Alix Ohlin on the Casual but Genuine Intimacy of Social Media," 23 Jan. 2017 His workmates were going for drinks and karaoke at a casino called, of all things, Ellis Island, and I was invited. — Lucas Peterson, New York Times, "Vegas on the Cheap? Get Off the Strip," 17 Feb. 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'workmate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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workmate
noun
English Language Learners Definition of workmate
chiefly British
: a person who works with you
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