The definition of a mate is a significant other or spouse, part of a matched pair or a friend or buddy.
(noun)To mate is defined as to come together in marriage or to breed offspring.
(verb)See mate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME < MDu, a companion < gemate < Gmc *gamatan < *ga-, together (for IE base see com-) + *mad-, food, meat: hence, orig., one who share meals: cf. companion
intransitive verb
See mate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Middle Low German gemate, mate, messmate
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Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French mat, checkmated
Origin: , from Arabic māt, he has died; see checkmate
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Origin:
Origin: American Spanish
Origin: , from Quechua mate, hollow gourd used as a bowl or container for brewing yerba maté
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