singular of mates' rates

Synonym of checkmate (“chess: word called by the victor”) / Synonym of checkmate (“by extension: said when one has checkmated someone”)

(colloquial, Australia) An elderly man. / (colloquial, Australia, UK) In general, any person, whose specific identity can be deduced from context.

Ilex paraguariensis, a plant used to make maté.

Alternative spelling of tourmate

One who is the same age as another.

A petty officer assisting the boatswain aboard ship.

(chess) A checkmate pattern in which two major pieces team up to push the enemy king to one side of the board.

Alternative form of smothered mate

(chess) A checkmate pattern in which a rook provides the checkmate to the cornered king while being protected by a knight that also covers the only would-be escape square.