messmen
- plural of messman.
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 MacGregor, Morris J.
In an effort to standardize the training of messmen, the Bureau of Naval Personnel established a stewards school in the spring of 1943 at Norfolk and later one at Bainbridge, Maryland.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.
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 MacGregor, Morris J.
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 Lever, Charles James
