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Definition of Mateless
1. Adjective. Not mated sexually.
Similar to: Unmated
2. Adjective. Of someone who has no marriage partner.
Definition of Mateless
1. a. Having no mate.
Definition of Mateless
1. Adjective. Without a mate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mateless
1. having no mate [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mateless
Literary usage of Mateless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë by Charlotte Brontë, Patrick Branwell Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë (1896)
"mateless, solitary bird! " was the only answer. ' And are not you, too, mateless,
Shirley ?" ' At heart—no." But Shirley only laughed gaily at this question ..."