suitemate

English

Etymology

suite +‎ mate

Noun

suitemate (plural suitemates)

  1. One who shares the same suite.
    • 1977 December 10, Mark N. Silber, “Gays On Campus ― One Story”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 23, page 15:
      Gary Lee had to flee the dorms because he was brutally harassed by his suitemates.
    • 2007 April 19, Alessandra Stanley, “Amid Chaos, One Notably Restrained Voice”, in New York Times‎:
      On Tuesday evening CNN had found two suitemates who recounted some of the most chilling details about the gunman, Cho Seung-Hui, including that he had an imaginary girlfriend named Jelly.
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