Definition of Housemates

1. Noun. (plural of housemate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Housemates

1. housemate [n] - See also: housemate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Housemates

houselled
houselling
housels
housemade
housemaid
housemaid's knee
housemaided
housemaiding
housemaids
housemartin
housemartins
housemaster
housemasters
housemate
housemates
housemother
housemothers
housen
housepaint
housepainter
housepainters
housepainting
houseparent
houseparents
houseperson
housepersons
housepet
housepets

Literary usage of Housemates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1922)
"It is also true that the Male's temporary absences from home become more and more frequent after puberty, and that housemates before puberty thus become ..."

2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1920)
""Housemates" details the growth of a soul. The etory is of a clergyman's son who goes to London, chances to stop in a lodging house oí sinister character, ..."

3. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (1920)
"At the flat they found her two housemates and a girl who had been to jail for ... "He's terribly nice," said her housemates, and waited for confidences. ..."

4. Publications by Parker Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"This helps us to understand why marriage with housemates is usually ... Such relationship is a looser bond, therefore, than that between housemates. ..."

5. The Bookman's Manual: A Guide to Literature by Bessie Graham (1921)
""Housemates" details the growth of a soul. The story is of a clergyman's son who goes to London, chances to stop in a lodging house of sinister character, ..."

6. The Family: An Ethnographical and Historical Outline with Descriptive Notes by Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons (1906)
"Can housemates separate from the household ? For what reasons ? Can housemates be exiled from the household ? For what reasons ? With what consequences ? ..."

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