stablemate

noun

sta·​ble·​mate ˈstā-bəl-ˌmāt How to pronounce stablemate (audio)
1
: an animal stabled with another
2
: a member of a stable

Examples of stablemate in a Sentence

a new car model and its stablemates
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Even the paper’s biggest triumph—which, without giving too much away, brings it into direct conflict with its toilet-paper stablemate—involves a farcically immoral compromise that tramples the church-state divide between news and product sales (and, worse, isn’t all that funny). Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025 The button and port layout is the same as its stablemates. PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025 Ric Flair On Randy Orton Flair was discussing the best in-ring talents in the business and made a direct comparison between his daughter and his former Evolution stablemate. Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025 Rollins had to overcome Punk, Knight and Uso, and earlier in the night, Raw General Manager Adam Pearce banned Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker, Rollins’ stablemates from The Vision, from the arena. Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stablemate

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of stablemate was in 1926

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“Stablemate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stablemate. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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