Meaning of consociate in English: consociate Pronunciation /kɒnˈsəʊʃɪət/ /kɒnˈsəʊsɪət/ noun rare A partner or associate.
‘It is with contemporaries and consociates that most of my social traffic occurs.’
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‘The support of consociates, who share a common work history, has enabled them "to place their lives in perspective.’ ‘This face-to-face relationship between consociates need not be especially intimate.’ ‘Consociates are mutually involved in one another's biography.’ ‘This case, which was well watched by the hospital obstetric clerk, and his consociate, Mr. Davy, was a very interesting one.’ Synonyms
partner , colleague, co-worker, fellow worker, workmate, compatriot, comrade, friend, ally, supporter, wingman, confederate, connection, contact, acquaintance
Origin Late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘associated’): from Latin consociatus ‘joined in action’, from the verb consociare, from con ‘together’ + socius ‘sharing, allied’.