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undermates

undermates is the plural of undermate.

Meaning of undermate

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...

Questions about undermates

What is undermates the plural of?
Undermates is the plural of undermate.

Words near undermates in the dictionary

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

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