messman

American  

[mes-muhn] / ˈmɛs mən /

noun

Naval.

plural

messmen

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

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

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

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

They're probably getting used to their messman by now.

From A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions by Bartimeus

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