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castmate en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast 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 castmate From cast + -mate.

Meanings

1. Someone with whom one performs together, as a member of a cast.
   • “We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew,” the five actors said. “We were more than just castmates. We are a family.[…]” 2023 October 30, Sian Cain, “Friends stars release statement after death of Matthew Perry: ‘We were more than just castmates’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • A few feet away, her friend and castmate Tara Ross, also 18, was applying makeup; outside their door, a couple of boys were sacked out on a couch, studying notes in binders. 2007 June 14, Melena Ryzik, “Unwelcome at Home, Student Play Is a Hit in New York”, in The New York Times:

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