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mates

ma·tes

UK/meɪts/ US/ˈmeɪts/ fairly common

noun

1.

a pair of people who live together

  • “a married couple from Chicago”
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Origin

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Hungarian Mátés, a pet form of the personal name Máté. * Borrowed from Catalan Mates, from the plural of mata (“scrub”).

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