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seat⋅mate

[seet-meyt]
–noun
a person who shares a seat or occupies the seat next to oneself on a bus, plane, etc.

Origin:
1855–60, Americanism; seat + mate 1
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seat·mate   (sēt'māt')   
n.  A person sitting next to another on a conveyance such as an airplane: "His seatmate was a gray-haired woman with glasses" (Anne Tyler).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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