English

Noun

wardmate ‎(plural wardmates)

1. A patient in the same ward of a hospital
   • 2002, Gregory J. W. Urwin, Facing Fearful Odds: The Siege of Wake Island, ISBN 0803295626, page 290:

     Turning to cheer a worried wardmate, Kennedy announced they had nothing to fear — only to change his mind an instant later when bullets started coming through the ceiling.

   • 2010, Houston Gwynne Jones, The Sonarman's War: A Memoir of Submarine Chasing and Mine Sweeping in World War II, ISBN 0786460032, page 94:

     ...in remembrance of hospital wardmate Joe Johnson, who gave me, if not a change in identity, a new name.