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messmate

noun

Etymology

From mess + mate.

  1. derived from *gamatjô✻
  2. derived from gimato
  3. derived from mate — “messmate”
  4. inherited from mate
  5. compounded as messmate — “mess + mate”

Definitions

  1. An associate with whom one shares a mess (eating place) on a ship.

    • Messmates, ahoy! Come here! Come here!
    • The cap’n was displeased at that, but my messmates were all of a mind and landed.

  2. Any of various eucalypts with rough bark, specifically Eucalyptus obliqua.

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