bondmate

bondmate

English

Etymology

bond +‎ mate

Noun

bondmate (plural bondmates)

1. (fantasy) A person with whom one has an intimate emotional or spiritual bond.
   • 2014, Ekaterine Xia, Phoenix Chosen, Ekaterine Xia (→ISBN), page 176:

     "They permit the bonded to speak to each other's minds and they can be used to monitor the bondmate's well being. With the deeper bonds, it allows one bondmate to share the pain and wounds of the other, to avert what might otherwise be a fatal injury.

   • 2014, Michele Hauf, Ghost Wolf, Harlequin (→ISBN), page 280:

     Not because she wanted to hurt something, but rather because her bondmate called to her instinctual desire to mate.

   • 2016, L.A. Starkey, Chess Desalls, Kelly Hall, Tricia Copeland, Melanie Rodriguez, Spellbound: A Paranormal Young Adult Novella Collection, BrixBaxter Publishing, page 94:

     She's also my bondmate.