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in·mate (in′māt′)

noun

a person living with others in the same building, now esp. one confined with others in a prison or mental institution

Etymology: in- + mate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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