"messmate" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: messmates [plural]
Etymology: From mess + mate. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mess|mate}} mess + mate Head templates: {{en-noun}} messmate (plural messmates)
  1. (nautical) An associate with whom one shares a mess (eating place) on a ship. Translations (an associate with whom one shares a mess): сътрапезник (sătrapeznik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), messitoveri (Finnish), Schüsselgenosse [feminine] (German), Tischgenosse [feminine] (German), Mitesser (english: but none is specifically nautical) [feminine] (German), comensal [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), mässkamrat [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-messmate-en-noun-02ACtr7i Categories (other): Nautical Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'an associate with whom one shares a mess': 97 3
  2. (Australia) Any of various eucalypts with rough bark, specifically Eucalyptus obliqua. Tags: Australia
    Sense id: en-messmate-en-noun-YAVxBXBF Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Woiwurrung translations, Eucalypts Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Woiwurrung translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Eucalypts: 4 96

Inflected forms

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