messmate

English

mess +‎ mate

messmate (plural messmates)

(nautical) An associate with whom one shares a mess (eating place) on a ship.
- 1879, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, H.M.S. Pinafore; […], San Francisco: Bacon & Company, […], →OCLC:
  Messmates, ahoy! Come here! Come here!
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
  The cap’n was displeased at that, but my messmates were all of a mind and landed.
(Australia) Any of various eucalypts with rough bark, specifically Eucalyptus obliqua.

an associate with whom one shares a mess

Bulgarian: сътрапезник m (sǎtrapeznik)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: messitoveri
German: Schüsselgenosse f, Tischgenosse (de) f, Mitesser (de) f (but none is specifically nautical)
Greek: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: comensal (es) m or f
Swedish: mässkamrat c

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