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lifemate

lifemate noun: a companion for life.

Noun

lifemate (plural lifemates)

  1. A companion for life.
    • The truth seems to be, however, that when he casts his leaves forth upon the wind, the author addresses, not the many who will fling aside his volume, or never take it up, but the few who will understand him better than most of his schoolmates or lifemates.1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Introduction”, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC
    • GWF 45 desires friends with goal for lifemate to share and care for keeps.1981 April 18, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 14

Forms of lifemate

plurallifemates

Origin of lifemate

From life + -mate.

Questions about lifemate

What does lifemate mean?
Lifemate means a companion for life.
What part of speech is lifemate?
Lifemate is a noun.
What is the plural of lifemate?
The plural of lifemate is lifemates.

Words near lifemate in the dictionary

  1. lifelongness
  2. lifelore
  3. lifely
  4. lifeman
  5. lifemanship
  6. lifemate
  7. lifemates
  8. lifen
  9. lifened
  10. lifeness
  11. lifening

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