roommate

[ room-meyt, roo m- ]

/ ˈrumˌmeɪt, ˈrʊm- /

a person who is assigned to share or shares a room or apartment with another or others.

Origin of roommate

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90; room + mate¹

But it appears no charges have been brought against the roommate.

The Strange Case of the Christian Zionist Terrorist |Creede Newton |December 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Ultimately Seevakumaran only pointed a gun at his roommate, who locked himself in a bedroom and called 911.

School Shooters Love This Pickup Artist Website |Brandy Zadrozny |December 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Seevakumaran uploaded six videos to YouTube on March 17, just hours before he would threaten his roommate and commit suicide.

School Shooters Love This Pickup Artist Website |Brandy Zadrozny |December 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
One confessed to have killed her alone; the other said he did it with his roommate.

The Myth of the Central Park Five |Edward Conlon |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

She texted her roommate to reserve their bedroom for the purposes of bringing back John Doe.

Is UMass-Amherst Biased Against Male Students in Title IX Assault Cases? |Emily Shire |August 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In fact, until very recently, he was my roommate, and we were good friends.

Frank Merriwell's Reward |Burt L. Standish
Ramsey made immediate and conspicuous efforts to avoid sitting next to his roommate, but was not so adroit as to be successful.

Ramsey Milholland |Booth Tarkington
It was yet dark when Mary was rudely awakened by her roommate kicking her with all her might.

Virginia of Elk Creek Valley |Mary Ellen Chase
She might have given up to her feelings had not her roommate joined her.

Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall |Jean K. Baird
When I wasn't getting a drink for Erma, I was driving my roommate in from the corridor and getting her down to work.

Hester's Counterpart |Jean K. Baird

roommate

/ (ˈruːmˌmeɪt, ˈrʊm-) /

a person with whom one shares a room or lodging