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Webster 1913 Edition
Messmate
Mess′mateˊ
,Noun.
An associate in a mess.
Definition 2024
messmate
messmate
English
Noun
messmate (plural messmates)
- (nautical) an associate with whom one shares a mess (eating place) on a ship
- 1878, Gilbert and Sullivan, H.M.S. Pinafore
- Messmates, ahoy! Come here! Come here!
- 1878, Gilbert and Sullivan, H.M.S. Pinafore
- (Australia) Any of various eucalypts with rough bark, specifically Eucalyptus obliqua.