messmate

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmɛsˌmeɪt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mes′māt′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mess•mate  (mes′māt′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person, esp. a friend, who is a member of a group regularly taking meals together, as in an army camp.
  • mess + mate1 1720–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
messmate / ˈmɛsˌmeɪt/
  1. a person with whom one shares meals in a mess, esp in the army
'messmate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
companion - mate

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