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age-mates

age-mates is the plural of age-mate.

Meaning of age-mate

Noun

age-mate (plural age-mates)

  1. One who is the same age as another.
    • It had made him live a life unlike that of most of his age-mates, a reclusive, provincial life.2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 152

Questions about age-mates

What is age-mates the plural of?
Age-mates is the plural of age-mate.

Words near age-mates in the dictionary

  1. age-gated
  2. age-gates
  3. age-gating
  4. age-long
  5. age-mate
  6. age-mates
  7. age-old
  8. age-reversal
  9. age-standardization
  10. age-standardizations
  11. ageability

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