messmate
Noun
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Noun
messmate (plural messmates)
- (nautical) an associate with whom one shares a mess (eating place) on a ship
- 1878, Gilbert and Sullivan, H.M.S. Pinafore
- Messmates, ahoy! Come here! Come here!
- 1878, Gilbert and Sullivan, H.M.S. Pinafore
- (AU) Any of various eucalypts with rough bark, specifically Eucalyptus obliqua.
- Spanish: comensal
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