Lexic.us

2. Noun. One who sits next to another. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Seatmate

1. one with whom one shares a seat [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seatmate

Literary usage of Seatmate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report by Pennsylvania Dept. of Health, Panama Canal (Panama), Health Dept (1913)
"I found that the patient had been visiting at the home of a neighbor on the night of the 8th, she had spent the night with her seatmate who was suffering ..."

2. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1902)
"I was her seatmate during all of the remainder of that school year. I was very jealous about the attentions which she received from her many admirers, ..."

3. The Value of a Praying Mother by Isabel Coston Byrum (1911)
"Nora went her way, provoked with her seatmate and angry because the joke had not worked quite as she had expected. Anna, slipping her arm through Bessie's ..."

4. Number Applications by Erwin Herrick Schuyler, James Hixon Van Sickle (1906)
"His seatmate spelled 14f-% more words correctly. What per cent of his 50 words did his seatmate spell correctly ? 166. 29f is what per cent of 1781? 167. ..."

5. Biographical and Historical Material Regarding the Introductory Survey by Lewis Eldon Atherton (1922)
"My seatmate and the two chaps behind us became very well acquainted with one another. One of the fellows behind us was Captain . ..."

6. Sanguine Fluid: EVOLUTION OF DEATH: Double Novel Edition by James Spade (2006)
""I have some unfinished business to attend to and it will bring me a lot of pleasure." Sheila's seatmate takes the opportunity to openly survey ..."

7. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1886)
"... or that the observing stranger may inquire of his seatmate : "Who is that important-looking gentleman now standing upon the rostrum? ..."

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