classmate English · revision 1883

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈklɑːs.meɪt/ ''(UK)''; /ˈklæs.meɪt/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound, [[af|en|class|mate]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A fellow pupil in the same class at school or college (1713).^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The meaning has stayed close to the first one.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) In American colleges it came to mean especially a member of the same graduating class.^(OED 1989)^(HTOED) Random House marks the word as an Americanism.^(RHWU)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1713 – first record, a fellow pupil.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A member of the same [[class]] at a [[school]], [[college]] or university.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(LDOCE 2009)^(COED 2004)

+ # In North America, a member of the same [[graduation|alt=graduating]] class.^(OED 1989)^(HTOED)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[schoolmate]]

+ * [[classroom]]

+ * [[comrade]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}