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messmates

messmates is the plural of messmate.

Meaning of messmate

Noun

messmate (plural messmates)

  1. An associate with whom one shares a mess (eating place) on a ship.
    • Messmates, ahoy! Come here! Come here!1879, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, H.M.S. Pinafore; […], San Francisco: Bacon & Company, […], →OCLC
  2. (Australia) Any of various eucalypts with rough bark, specifically Eucalyptus obliqua.

Questions about messmates

What is messmates the plural of?
Messmates is the plural of messmate.

Words near messmates in the dictionary

  1. messlessly
  2. messlessness
  3. Messman
  4. Messmans
  5. messmate
  6. messmates
  7. Messmer
  8. Messmers
  9. Messmore
  10. Messmores
  11. Messner

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