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suppermate

suppermate noun: a friend or colleague with whom one eats supper.

Noun

suppermate (plural suppermates)

  1. A friend or colleague with whom one eats supper.
    • Ingrid Bergman’s suppermate at “21” was Francis Robinson of The Met Opera.1968 March 9, Jack O’Brian, “New York’s Voice of Broadway”, in The Pocono Record, volume 79, number 275, Stroudsburg, Pa., page 6, column 3
    • Marcellina, another suppermate, is also thirteen but looks to be eleven.1984, Lorenzo W[ilson] Milam, The Cripple Liberation Front Marching Band Blues, San Diego, Calif.: Mho & Mho Works, →ISBN, page 197

Examples of suppermate in a sentence

  • Since all the suppermates were interested businessmen and investors, they unanimously championed Ben Goodspeed’s book, the Tao Jones Averages on whole-brained investing.1988 June, The Archon, page 36, column 2:
  • Third, respect your suppermate, so as not to eat more than he, for that is unlawful.1991, Julie Scott Meisami, transl., The Sea of Precious Virtues (Baḥr al-Favāʼid): A Medieval Islamic Mirror for Princes, Salt Lake City...
  • My suppermates had ditched their guilt, too; but by the time we were through, our pants were tight and we were happy.2008, Aïda Rogers, “Rockaway Athletic Club, Columbia, Richland County”, in Stop Where the Parking Lot’s Full: A Collection of Sandlapper’s...
  • Across from Auda, a large man with his nose buried in his ale cup ignored his suppermates.2010, Vanitha Sankaran, Watermark, Avon, →ISBN, page 77:

Forms of suppermate

pluralsuppermates

Origin of suppermate

From supper + -mate.

Questions about suppermate

What does suppermate mean?
Suppermate means a friend or colleague with whom one eats supper.
How do you use suppermate in a sentence?
Since all the suppermates were interested businessmen and investors, they unanimously championed Ben Goodspeed’s book, the Tao Jones Averages on whole-brained investing.
What part of speech is suppermate?
Suppermate is a noun.
What is the plural of suppermate?
The plural of suppermate is suppermates.

Words near suppermate in the dictionary

  1. supperclubs
  2. suppered
  3. suppering
  4. supperless
  5. supperlessness
  6. suppermate
  7. suppermates
  8. suppers
  9. suppertime
  10. suppertimes
  11. suppertyme

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