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shopmate

shopmate noun: a person working in the same shop.

Noun

shopmate (plural shopmates)

  1. A person working in the same shop.
    • Of the latter class many would come because they would not be chaffed by their shopmates for going into a theatre on Sunday, though they would be most fearfully if they went to church or chapel.1868, The London City Mission Magazine, volume XXXIII, page 33

Forms of shopmate

pluralshopmates

Origin of shopmate

From shop + -mate.

Questions about shopmate

What does shopmate mean?
Shopmate means a person working in the same shop.
What part of speech is shopmate?
Shopmate is a noun.
What is the plural of shopmate?
The plural of shopmate is shopmates.

Words near shopmate in the dictionary

  1. shopmaid
  2. shopmaids
  3. shopman
  4. shopmark
  5. shopmarks
  6. shopmate
  7. shopmates
  8. shopmen
  9. shopocracies
  10. shopocracy
  11. shopocrat

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