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classmate

[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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Classmate is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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classmate (ˈklɑːsˌmeɪt)
 
n
a friend or contemporary of the same class in a school, college, etc

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classmate
1713, from class + mate.
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