Usage examples of "messman".
Sawle, the torpedoman cum wardroom messman, hurried beside him, and as Quinton ran up the bridge ladder and into the wheelhouse he handed Ainslie his cap with something like reverence.
The messman pattered into the empty wardroom and studied the uneaten sandwiches with disdain.
He even had his own place at the table where he downed thick cocoa or very sweet tea from his own mug, and picked at whatever delicacies the messman 77 and his messmates could heap upon his plate.
Varlik gave it, then unfolded the waiting white cloth napkin onto his lap as the messman left.
Varlik held up his cup and received a nod from the messman, who headed for the joma urn.
Sawle who had acted as wardroom messman aboard the Tigress, and had volunteered for this mission without even asking what it entailed.
Alucius carried his platter to the messman and tried to hurry back to Delar and Geran without giving the impression of haste.
They sat opposite one another while a wizened messman brought a bottle and some glasses.
The gunroom messman had overheard Midshipman Piper telling Caswell what Seton had confided to him about his sister.