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wardmate

wardmate noun: a patient in the same ward of a hospital.

Noun

wardmate (plural wardmates)

  1. A patient in the same ward of a hospital
    • Turning to cheer a worried wardmate, Kennedy announced they had nothing to fear — only to change his mind an instant later when bullets started coming through the ceiling.2002, Gregory J. W. Urwin, Facing Fearful Odds: The Siege of Wake Island, →ISBN, page 290
    • ...in remembrance of hospital wardmate Joe Johnson, who gave me, if not a change in identity, a new name.2010, Houston Gwynne Jones, The Sonarman's War: A Memoir of Submarine Chasing and Mine Sweeping in World War II, →ISBN, page 94

Forms of wardmate

pluralwardmates

Origin of wardmate

From ward + mate.

Questions about wardmate

What does wardmate mean?
Wardmate means a patient in the same ward of a hospital.
What part of speech is wardmate?
Wardmate is a noun.
What is the plural of wardmate?
The plural of wardmate is wardmates.

Words near wardmate in the dictionary

  1. wardmaids
  2. wardman
  3. Wardmans
  4. wardmaster
  5. wardmasters
  6. wardmate
  7. wardmates
  8. wardmen
  9. wardmoot
  10. wardmote
  11. wardmotes

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