dormmate

English

Etymology

From dorm +‎ -mate.

Noun

dormmate (plural dormmates)

1. One who shares the same dorm.
   • 2007 July 29, Mark Leibovich, “In the ’60s, a Future Candidate Poured Her Heart Out in Letters”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     In other letters, she would convey a mounting exasperation with her rigid conservative father and disdain for both “debutante” dormmates and an acid-dropping friend.