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undermate

undermate noun: a junior officer on board a ship.

Noun

undermate (plural undermates)

  1. A junior officer on board a ship.
    • Twice I actually hired myself as an under-mate in a Greenland whaler, and acquitted myself to admiration.1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington...

Forms of undermate

pluralundermates

Origin of undermate

From under- + mate.

Questions about undermate

What does undermate mean?
Undermate means a junior officer on board a ship.
What part of speech is undermate?
Undermate is a noun.
What is the plural of undermate?
The plural of undermate is undermates.

Words near undermate in the dictionary

  1. undermasters
  2. undermatch
  3. undermatched
  4. undermatches
  5. undermatching
  6. undermate
  7. undermates
  8. undermatron
  9. undermatrons
  10. undermeal
  11. undermeals

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