playmate
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- noun
- /ˈpleɪˌmeɪt/
- During the summer holidays, children often find new playmates in the neighborhood.
- a child's playmate
- imaginary playmate
- childhood playmate
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- We encounter her first as a sort of playmate or explorer with young Arha.
- He will eventually marry their, their playmates.
- So I didn't have any playmates, babies, favourites, toys, my cars and my balls.
- So she says back when they lived in Idris as kids, the light woods, Isabelle, Alec and also Jace, they were like playmates with Eileen.
Examples
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His eyes turned again to his playmate tied to the raft.
Fiction book (1993) -
Though Chris and Jenny were childhood playmates, this may be the least requited of the novel's loves.
Academic text (2017) -
You picked a nice sort of playmate.
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Every day she chose a new playmate, and every day she was successful in winning that child over.
Fiction book (1997) -
Got plenty of time to get to know your new playmates.
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We encounter her first as a sort of playmate or explorer with young Arha.
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Just then, Marta glanced their way, said something to her playmates, and ran to the car.
Fiction book (1999) -
Her mother was her favorite playmate, an expert builder of castles, crayon artist, and inventor of games.
Fiction book (1992) -
They'll become Oscar's playmates.
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My sister and I often invite our friends over to play with us; she has become a great playmate.
Synonyms
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A person who plays with you, often another child
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word playmate is simply two words joined: play and mate, and mate means 'friend' or 'companion'. So a playmate is literally someone you play with, often another child.