messmate en · NOUN
Etymology
From mess + mate.
Meanings
-
An associate with whom one shares a mess (eating place) on a ship.
Messmates, ahoy! Come here! Come here!
1879, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, H.M.S. Pinafore; […], San Francisco: Bacon & Company, […], →OCLC:The cap’n was displeased at that, but my messmates were all of a mind and landed.
1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
- (Australia) Any of various eucalypts with rough bark, specifically Eucalyptus obliqua.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| messmates | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (7)
de Schüsselgenosse (an associate with whom one shares a mess) · es comensal (an associate with whom one shares a mess) · de Tischgenosse (an associate with whom one shares a mess) · de Mitesser (an associate with whom one shares a mess) · fi messitoveri (an associate with whom one shares a mess) · bg сътрапезник (an associate with whom one shares a mess) · sv mässkamrat (an associate with whom one shares a mess)