mate : Idioms & Phrases

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Boatswain's mate

  • an assistant of the boatswain.
Webster 1913

co-mate

Co"-mate` noun
Etymology
Pref. co- + mate.
Definitions
  1. A companion. Shak.
Webster 1913

First mate

  • noun the officer below the master on a commercial ship
    mate.
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  • an officer in a merchant vessel next in rank to the captain.
Webster 1913

running mate

  • noun a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices
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soul mate

  • noun someone for whom you have a deep affinity
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sparring mate

  • noun a boxer who spars with another boxer who is training for an important fight
    sparring partner.
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Trencher mate

  • a table companion; a parasite; a trencher fly. Hooker.
Webster 1913