mess-mates

A party of seamen matelots also clubbed together as shipmates and mess-mates.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

A party of seamen matelots also clubbed together as shipmates and mess-mates.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Our fellow-citizens are nearer to us than foreigners, and our mess-mates dearer than strangers, and what of those who are sprung from the same seed, suckled at the same breast, reared in the same home, loved by the same parents, the same mother, the same father?

Cyropaedia 2007

His brothers-inarms and his mess-mates charged with him, but the others, when they saw that the solid ranks of the Egyptians stood firm, swung round and pursued the flying chariots.

Cyropaedia 2007

Chatting with my mess-mates, to pass the time away,

Goober Peas 1957

The skipper did not hesitate for one moment in giving his opinion, though, like most of my mess-mates, he was good enough to say how sorry he would be to part with me, and how he would miss me.

The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Henry [Illustrator] Austin

The night before his company started from Whitewater he and one of his mess-mates had their horses stolen; and, excepting when their more fortunate companions gave them a lift, they walked as far as Peoria,

McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896 Various

He was disgusted at having a brother-in-law in buttons, and the jests of his mess-mates did nothing to sweeten his feelings toward his sister.

The Unpleasantness At The Belladonna Club Sayers, Dorothy L.Lord Peter 05 1928

The next moment the Dockyard tug burst into a triumphant frenzy, and the picket-boat, full of cheering, clapping mess-mates, slid alongside to take the painter.

The Long Trick 1886-1967 Bartimeus 1926

On receipt of a hamper, a boy did rise, always, in the esteem of his mess-mates.

"Hosts and Guests" 1919