English Explanatory Dictionary

messmate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An associate with whom one shares a mess (eating place) on a ship.
  2. Any of various eucalypts with rough bark, specifically Eucalyptus obliqua.

Word forms

messmate messmates

Etymology

From mess + mate.

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