messmate
noun
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noun
Etymology: From mess + mate.
- 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.”
- Any of various eucalypts with rough bark, specifically Eucalyptus obliqua.