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playmates

playmates is the plural of playmate.

Meaning of playmate

Noun

playmate (plural playmates)

  1. A companion for someone (especially a child) to play with.
    • An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part I, London: Collins, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    playfellow
  2. (euphemistic) A person's lover.

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Noun capitalized: Playmates

Playmates

  1. (plural) plural of Playmate.

Questions about playmates

What is playmates the plural of?
Playmates is the plural of playmate.
What part of speech is playmates?
Playmates is a noun.

Words near playmates in the dictionary

  1. Playmander
  2. Playmaster
  3. Playmasters
  4. playmat
  5. playmate
  6. playmates
  7. playmateship
  8. playmateships
  9. playmats
  10. playmobile
  11. playmobiles

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