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Messmate

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An associate with whom one shares a mess (eating place) on a ship.

    "Messmates, ahoy! Come here! Come here!"

  2. 2
    (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship) wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of various eucalypts with rough bark, specifically Eucalyptus obliqua. Australia

Etymology

From mess + mate.

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