messman

American  

[mes-muhn] / ˈmɛs mən /

noun

Naval.

messmen plural

1. an enlisted person who serves in the messroom.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• messmen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of messman

First recorded in 1840–50; mess + -man

Example Sentences

The cook and messman often made their presence felt and heard.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir

"About them fifty thousand francs, sorr," said the messman, cunningly, "or five thousand, was it?"

From Action Front by Cable, Boyd

Cooks of lyric inclination would enliven the company with the score of the latest gramophone opera, and the messman and company would often feel impelled to join in the choruses.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir

And the muddling messman could never be surpassed who lost the cutter of the sausage machine and put salt-water ice in the melting-pots.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir

The problem was to recover one's own property and at the same time to avoid the cook scraping the porridge saucepan and the messman scrubbing the table.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir