EGAVE

messmate

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An associate with whom one shares a mess (eating place) on a ship.
  2. noun Any of various eucalypts with rough bark, specifically Eucalyptus obliqua.

Similar words

matelot mateship matie mess mate messenger number two mitey make matess

Often followed by

of and in to had was on stringybark who

Word family

messmates

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