workmate
Somebody with whom one works; a coworker.
Noun
- Somebody with whom one works; a coworker.
- He loved going to the boozer for lunch with his workmates.
Synonyms: adjunct associate business partner cohort colaborer /colabourer collaborator colleague compeer confrere consociate coworker /co-worker fellow jobmate workfellow workmate
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work English -mate English workmate From work + -mate.