messmate
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8.5
- noun
- /ˈmɛsˌmeɪt/
- Jargon
:
compañero de mesa
- Cleveland, messmate.
Examples
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George Cleveland, messmate.
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Sir, with my messmate, Midshipman Stewart.
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Y'know, I once had a messmate...
Fiction book (1990) -
A couple of his messmates were already there, frantically getting ready to move out.
Fiction book (1992) -
Although he knew it was unfair, Barker came to think of his messmates collectively as "The English Muffins."
Fiction book (1997) -
"His messmates sighed."
Fiction book (1992) -
There were so many of them, and all I could think of was, "If they want this damned hill so badly, let them have it," but I knew that was wrong, and certainly my messmates would have argued with the sentiment; we'd worked hard enough to take it away from them the first time.
Fiction book (1999) -
The trees around here are massive too, as they are regrowth from the clear felling in the 1860s and are up to 50 m (150 ft) tall - eucalyptus obliqua (messmate).
Blog text (12) -
During our deployment, I often shared my meals with my messmate in the cramped quarters of the barracks.
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As we sat around the table, my messmate and I exchanged stories from our childhood while enjoying our dinner.
Synonyms
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4.4
A person who sits at the same table while you eat
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word messmate comes from two parts: mess, the name for the place where soldiers or sailors eat, like a 'table', and mate, which means a 'companion'. So a messmate is someone you regularly share meals with, especially on a ship or in the military.