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Definition of Messmate
1. Noun. (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship).
Definition of Messmate
1. n. An associate in a mess.
Definition of Messmate
1. Noun. (nautical) an associate with whom one shares a mess (eating place) on a ship ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Messmate
1. a person with whom one eats regularly [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Messmate
Literary usage of Messmate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Old Navy and the New by Daniel Ammen, Ulysses Simpson Grant (1891)
"... rid of an Unpleasant messmate— Hamilton G. " in Trouble"—The South Pass of
the Mississippi—A Water- Spout. WITH our new officers, we left the delights ..."
2. On the Study of Words by Richard Chenevix Trench (1904)
"panion' is one with whom we share our bread, a messmate ; that a ' sarcasm ' is
properly such a lash inflicted by ' the scourge of the tongue' as brings ..."
3. Our Australian Cousins by James Inglis (1880)
"... the subject—The beauty of Mount Wilson—General description— Luxuriance of the
vegetation—The tree-ferns and scrub- Sassafras and messmate—Wild fruits, ..."
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