Definition of "schoolmate" [school•mate]

• A companion or associate in one's school. (noun)

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• "However, Cappelletti recalled a schoolmate, Stephano Aluffi, who carried the name of a noble family."
• "One of the ladies mentioned running into an old schoolmate of mine who was part of the misinformed schoolyard troika of way-back-then."
• "Because in this 1974 made-for-TV shocker, Ronald is a teenager (one in dire need of a shower) who was hidden away in a spare room of a house after accidentally killing a schoolmate."