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pewmate

pewmate noun: one who shares the same pew.

Noun

pewmate (plural pewmates)

  1. One who shares the same pew.
    • We’ll have to prod our snoozing pewmates when to sit and stand; they’ll have to rein in their zealots.2007 July 29, Lawrence Downes, “The Pope Reopens a Portal to Eternity, via the 1950s”, in New York Times

Forms of pewmate

pluralpewmates

Origin of pewmate

From pew + -mate.

Questions about pewmate

What does pewmate mean?
Pewmate means one who shares the same pew.
What part of speech is pewmate?
Pewmate is a noun.
What is the plural of pewmate?
The plural of pewmate is pewmates.

Words near pewmate in the dictionary

  1. pewits
  2. Pewitt
  3. Pewitts
  4. pewless
  5. pewlike
  6. pewmate
  7. pewmates
  8. pews
  9. Pewsey
  10. Pewseys
  11. pewsful

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