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cellmate Definition

cell·mate (sel′māt′)

noun

a prisoner who shares a cell in a prison or jail with another or others

cellmate Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • racist: He was beaten to death with a table leg in his cell by his racist cellmate.
  • former: Big Bill, Charlie's former cellmate, is one of the gang and greets Charlie as an old friend.
  • schizophrenic: Audrey's mentally-ill son Christopher was kicked to death by his paranoid schizophrenic cellmate while on remand in Chelmsford prison in 1994.
  • Asian: Stewart, who has 18 separate convictions for 71 offenses, is serving a life sentence for the murder of his Asian cellmate.