" maté "

[Verb]  | "mate" | \ ˈmāt \

1: checkmate

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English, from Anglo-French mater, from mat, noun, checkmate, ultimately from Arabic māt (in shāh māt);

[Verb]  | "mate" 

1: equal, match

2: to join or fit together : couple

3: to join together as mates

Origin: 1509 ;

[Noun]  | "mate" 

1: checkmate

Origin: 14th century ;

[Noun]  | "mate" 

1: associate, companion

2: an assistant to a more skilled worker : helper

3: friend, buddy —often used as a familiar form of address

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English, probably from Middle Low German māt; akin to Old English gemetta guest at one's table, mete food {mat|meat|};

[Noun]  | "ma*té" | \ ˈmä-ˌtā \

1: a tealike beverage drunk especially in South America

2: a South American shrub or tree (Ilex paraguariensis) of the holly family whose leaves and shoots are used in making maté; also : these leaves and shoots

Origin: 1758 ;

 French & American Spanish; French maté, from American Spanish mate maté, vessel for drinking it, from Quechua mati vessel;

[Noun]  | "aer*og*ra*pher's mate" | \ ˌer-ˈä-grə-fərz- \

1: a navy petty officer specializing in meteorology

Origin: 1947 ;

 Aerographer "warrant officer charged with observing weather," from aerography "meteorology" (from {see: |aero-|aer-} + {see: |-graphy|-graphy}) + {see: |-er:2|-er:2};

[Noun]  | "age-mate" | \ ˈāj-ˌmāt \

1: one who is of about the same age as another

Origin: 1582 ;

[Noun]  | "running mate" 

1: companion

2: a horse entered in a race to set the pace for a horse of the same owner or stable

3: a candidate running for a subordinate place on a ticket; especially : the candidate for vice president

Origin: 1867 ;

[Noun]  | "yer*ba ma*té" | \ ˌyer-bə-ˈmä-ˌtā \

1: maté

Origin: 1839 ;

 American Spanish yerba mate, from yerba herb + mate maté;

[Idiom]  | "mate for life" 

1: to form pairs and stay together throughout life

[Noun]  | "mate" 

[Noun]  | "running mate" 

[Noun]  | "soulmate" 

[Verb]  | "mate"