housemate

noun

housemate

noun

US /ˈhaʊsˌmeɪt/

Etymology From house + -mate.

1

Someone living in the same house.

‘“Housemate”,’ he repeated, disdainfully. ‘What does this word imply?’ ‘That we are two unpartnered people, sharing the cost of the rent on a house, and are not romantically involved.’2024, Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time, Sceptre, page 12:

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