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mess⋅mate

  [mes-meyt]
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–noun
a person, esp. a friend, who is a member of a group regularly taking meals together, as in an army camp.
Origin:
1720–30; mess + mate 1
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mess·mate   (měs'māt')   
n.  A person with whom one eats regularly, as in a military mess.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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