messman
noun
an enlisted person who serves in the messroom.
messmen
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pluralof messman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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 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
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
