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undermate

noun

Etymology

From under- + mate.

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

Definitions

  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.

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