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Playfellow

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A playmate.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. playmate; companion for someone (especially children) to play with.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A companion in amusements or sports; a playmate.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A companion in amusements or sports.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a companion at play

Word Usage

"We had a Romish chapel, and a Lutheran church in our little village: the priest to whom I confessed, was a man of unaffected piety, fine sense and universal charity: my sweet Agnes, he used to call his playfellow, and seldom took his evening walk without her."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

familiar comrade companion fellow associate

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

playmate comrade

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

playmate schoolmate no halsted shmuck yoursel' sojourner girlfriend