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messmate

noun

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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From mess + mate.

  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.