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mess·mate (mes′māt′)

noun

a person with whom one regularly has meals, as in the army

Etymology: mess, + mate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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