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Classmates

[klas-meyt, klahs-] Origin

class·mate

[klas-meyt, klahs-]
noun
a member of the same class at a school or college.

Origin:
1705–15, Americanism; class + mate1
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Classmates is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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classmate
1713, from class + mate.
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