jobmate

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English

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Etymology

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From job +‎ -mate.

Noun

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jobmate (plural jobmates)

  1. a coworker.
    • 2000, The Nation, page 16:
      One key question: Are temps best served by a union of their own or by allying themselves, shop by shop, with their permanent jobmates?
    • 2011, John Mesina, 86 Life Answers: ARIES, Flipside Digital Content Company Inc., →ISBN:
      [] greater cooperation from jobmates, tone down you're fastpaced, competitive Aries style and accent helpfulness, neatness and follow-through.
    • 2013, Susan Sontag, chapter 3, in Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
      The illness flushes out an identity that might have remained hidden from neighbors, jobmates, family, friends.