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stablemate

stablemate

1 7.5
A horse that lives in the same stable and has the same owner
  • noun
  • /ˈsteɪbəlˌmeɪt/
  • Jargon
translation icon : compañero de establo
  • Better beige and mauve than what apparently flashes in the brains of many of your stablemates.
  • an old stablemate

Examples

  • Keep fighting LWs, JRWWs, Top Rank stablemates.

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  • Look for Dr. Jim Lowe to return to the wheel, while former AXR drivers David Donohue and Darren Law, along with Lowe's 2012 stablemate Paul Tracy.

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  • Go to the UK and take your new stablemate Amir Khan with you for the co-feature.

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  • While not yet having reached the cringe-factor of "cloud," the term "big data" is certainly becoming much discussed, and, as I've done many times with its buzzword stablemate, I find myself asking, "What exactly is it?"

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  • Brad Bird has come off a superb animated feature, THE INCREDIBLES, and then gone into live action (with far more success than stablemate Andrew Stanton).

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  • Carlos Moya: Unlike his stablemate Corretja, Moya did win a Grand Slam singles title (French Open, in which he defeated Corretja in the final) and has been ranked No. 1.

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  • She was excited to introduce her new horse, a handsome stallion, as a stablemate for Star.

  • During the race, everyone cheered for both horses, as they were stablemates trained by the same owner.

  • After winning the competition, the trainers praised both the champion and his stablemate for their teamwork.

Synonyms

stable companion
vsstablemate
6.4

A horse that lives in the same barn as another horse owned by the same person

is mainly used in racing to mean a horse owned by the same person

Surface Forms

stablemate singular
stablemates plural

Morphology

stablemate = stable + mate (transparent) = stable + mate

The meaning is directly derived from 'stable' (a place for horses) + 'mate' (companion), so learners can infer 'a horse kept in the same stable or owned by the same person'.

Etymology

Stablemate comes from stable ('barn') and mate ('friend' or 'companion'), so it originally meant a horse kept in the same barn as another. That's why a stablemate today is a horse owned or kept with another horse, often used when two horses from the same trainer race together.