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  • 101running mate — noun Date: 1727 1. companion 2. a horse entered in a race to set the pace for a horse of the same owner or stable 3. a candidate running for a subordinate place on a ticket; especially the candidate for vice president …

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  • 102sahib — noun Etymology: Hindi sāhab & Urdu ṣāḥib, ṣāḥab companion, master, from Arabic ṣāḥib Date: 1673 sir, master used especially among the native inhabitants of colonial India when addressing or speaking of a European of some social or official status …

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  • 103schoolmate — noun Date: 1563 a companion at school …

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  • 104silenus — noun (plural sileni) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Latin, from Greek silēnos, from Silēnos foster father of Dionysus Date: 1542 a minor woodland deity and companion of Dionysus in Greek mythology with a horse s ears and tail …

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  • 105Sputnik — noun Etymology: Russian, literally, traveling companion, from s, so with + put path Date: 1957 any of a series of earth orbiting satellites launched by the Soviet Union beginning in 1957 …

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  • 106symbiote — noun Etymology: French, from Greek symbiōtēs companion, from symbioun to live together Date: circa 1909 symbiont …

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  • 107tablemate — noun Date: 1624 a dining companion …

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  • 108yokefellow — noun Date: 1526 a close companion ; mate …

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  • 109armpiece — noun a) A piece of armour that protects the arm, b) A decorative companion …

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  • 110lazybones — noun A person who is lazy; one who is inactive and without ambition. The foremost traveller stopped and called impatiently to his companion. Come on, cant yer? What a lazybones yer are, Charlotte …

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