ROOMMATE

Roommate

A roommate is a person who shares a living facility such as an apartment or dormitory. Similar terms include suitemate, housemate, flatmate, or sharemate . In the UK, the term "roommate" means a person living in the same bedroom, whereas in the United States and Canada, "roommate" and "housemate" are used interchangeably regardless whether a bedroom is shared. This article uses the term "roommate" in the US sense of a person one shares a residence with who is not a relative or significant other. The informal term for roommate is ...

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roommate

Noun

  1. A person with whom one shares a room, as at university etc.
  2. A person with whom one shares an apartment or house (UK: flatmate or housemate).


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