schoolfellow

noun

Definition of schoolfellownext
as in classmate

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  1. classmate
  2. schoolmate
  3. colleague
  4. playmate
  5. comrade
  6. associate
  7. shipmate
  8. compatriot
Noun
  • Their classmates, who Dylan desperately wants to impress, are also captivating.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Police, with the assistance of the FBI, were scouring online records and other resources and speaking with the shooter's parents and classmates in an attempt to determine a motive for the shooting, Barnes told the AP.
    CBS News, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of classmate
Noun
  • Watch on Deadline Years before the murders, a schoolmate of Buster Murdaugh, Stephen Smith, was killed in what was believed at the time to be a hit-and-run accident.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Pavlenko signed up for a class in extreme dance in 2009 after learning about it from a schoolmate and immediately loved breaking.
    Hannah Poukish, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
Definition of schoolmate
Noun
  • The Virginia lawmaker cited his 15 years in office as a key reason his Democratic colleagues backed him over Ocasio-Cortez.
    Ewan Palmer, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
  • As lawmakers stare down a Friday deadline to fund the government, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday worked to reassure his colleagues there’s compromise in sight.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of colleague
Noun
  • Nearly 90 percent of the open-mouth facial expressions happened when the dolphin’s playmate could see their face.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Winnie, however, has found a new playmate in Jones' 4-year-old dog, Kallie.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of playmate
Noun
  • In the 1970s, the space was divided into cubicles in which leftist guerrillas and their sympathizers were shocked and waterboarded to force them to reveal the whereabouts of fugitive comrades.
    Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The film’s ensemble includes Jonathan Bailey as love interest Fiyero, Michelle Yeoh as Shiz University headmaster Madame Morrible, Ethan Slater as Boq of Munchkinland and Bowen Yang as Glinda’s comrade Pfannee.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of comrade
Noun
  • Additionally, the photos include moments where Biden is pictured with Hunter's business associates from BHR Partners, including Jonathan Li and Ming Xue.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Cameron Hudson, a senior associate in the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, argues the Biden administration took an overzealous approach toward Africa, resulting in broken promises.
    Joanne Haner, The Hill, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of associate
Noun
  • Svoboda was told the engineers were crucial in keeping the ship from capsizing by counter-flooding the engine room, essentially sacrificing themselves to save as many shipmates and ships around them as possible.
    Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • As the two disrobe and begin going at it, a knock at the door heralds their shipmate Willoughby, who’s come to inquire if Claire wants seconds on the broth (alleged to be an aphrodisiac).
    Amy Wilkinson, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2024
Definition of shipmate
Noun
  • Many Israelis dismiss the departure of their compatriots and point to the influx of people who’ve immigrated to the country since the Oct. 7 attacks; tens of thousands of immigrants—primarily from Russia—continue to move to Israel, contributing to a complex migration dynamic.
    Samuel Burke, Fortune Europe, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Somehow, Ordaz and a small band of compatriots endured the long, grueling ascent — their lungs slowly crushed by the altitude’s pressure, their backs weighed down by their steel helmets and breastplates — and lived to tell the tale.
    Charles Curkin, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of compatriot
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