playmate/ˈpleɪˌmeɪt/EtymologyFrom play + mate. Compare earlier playfeer (“playmate”) of similar construction.nounA companion for someone (especially a child) to play with.“An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.”A person's lover.A woman who has appeared as the centerfold in Playboy magazine.