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messmate

noun
mess·​mate | \ ˈmes-ˌmāt How to pronounce messmate (audio) \

Definition of messmate

: a person with whom one regularly takes mess (as on a ship)

Examples of messmate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 As Rigg, an old friend of mine, later told me, Liebling put himself at ease during the pause, most notably as a messmate. — Roger Angell, The New Yorker, "Witnesses to D Day," 6 June 2019

First Known Use of messmate

1664, in the meaning defined above

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