messman

American  

[mes-muhn] / ˈmɛs mən /

noun

Naval.

messmen plural

1. an enlisted person who serves in the messroom.

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Etymology

Origin of messman

First recorded in 1840–50; mess + -man

Example Sentences

"Ah!" said the messman, eyeing him thoughtfully, "I thought maybe ye had heard."

From Action Front by Cable, Boyd

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 O'Shea, John Augustus

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 Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron

Then the messman ran out to the trap-door and saw that the northern wireless mast had disappeared.

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

In fact, those officers who associate entirely among themselves see and know no more of the world than their messman, and get conceited and disagreeable by neglecting the opportunities offered for enlarging their understanding.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)