campmate en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English camp Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-Germanic *matjô Proto-West Germanic *gamatjôder. Old Saxon gimatoder. Middle Low German matebor. Middle English mate English mate English -mate English campmate From camp + -mate.
Meanings
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Someone who is or has been in the same camp as another person; one's fellow camper.
In the course of his deliberations he refers to a letter he received from a released campmate who had also been a Party member. She wrote, "My generation of communists everywhere accepted the Stalin form of leadership."
2012, Nanci Adler, Keeping Faith with the Party, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| campmates | Number=Plur | lexicographic |