housemate

From house +‎ -mate.

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housemate (plural housemates)

1. Someone living in the same house.

   Synonyms: flatmate, roommate

   • 2024, Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time, Sceptre, page 12:

     ‘“Housemate”,’ he repeated, disdainfully. ‘What does this word imply?’
     ‘That we are two unpartnered people, sharing the cost of the rent on a house, and are not romantically involved.’

• meat house, meathouse