messman
Americannoun
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messmen
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The hotel where we put up was owned by Bruzeaud, formerly a messman of a British regiment.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by John Augustus O'Shea
Celebrations were carried on into the night, but no one forgot the cook and the messman.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Sir Douglas Mawson
They're probably getting used to their messman by now.
From A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions by Bartimeus
Here's a health to his men, whose good looks and good will Did such excellent credit to messman and drill.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
We take it in turns to be cook and messman, working in pairs: Abbott and I, Levick and Browning, Priestley and Dickason, and thus each has one day on in three.
From South with Scott by Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, Baron Mountevans
Then they are given eight weeks' specialized training as seamen, firemen, water tenders, oilers, messmen, cooks, bakers, clerks and pharmacist's mates.
From Time Magazine Archive
At first Negroes were restricted to service as messmen, but political pressure forced the Navy to open general service billets to them.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor
At the same time the Navy opened enlistments for an unlimited number of black Seabees and messmen.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor
It was now necessary to institute a routine of nightwatchmen, cooks and messmen.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Sir Douglas Mawson
We dismounted, and picketing our horses beneath the broad-leaved foliage of the cork-trees, stretched ourselves out at full length upon the grass, while our messmen prepared the dinner.
From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 by Charles James Lever
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