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dinnermates

dinnermates is the plural of dinnermate.

Meaning of dinnermate

Noun

dinnermate (plural dinnermates)

  1. A friend or colleague with whom one eats dinner.
    • Timid young men men became bold for the occasion and, bowing before the young women, selected their dinnermates.1925 February 10, “Dinner Sociable at Baptist Church: Dr. Hunt Dances Jig. Rev. Stewart and Dr. Stewart Speak”, in The Bucknellian, volume XXVIII, number 18, Lewisburg, Pa., page one, column 4

Questions about dinnermates

What is dinnermates the plural of?
Dinnermates is the plural of dinnermate.

Words near dinnermates in the dictionary

  1. dinnerless
  2. dinnerlessness
  3. dinnerlike
  4. dinnerly
  5. dinnermate
  6. dinnermates
  7. dinnerplate
  8. dinnerplates
  9. dinners
  10. dinnertable
  11. dinnertables

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