Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undermate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-mate
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A junior officer on board a ship.

Example Sentences

"Twice I actually hired myself as an under-mate in a Greenland whaler, and acquitted myself to admiration."

Etymology

From under- + mate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Inflected Forms

undermates (plural)

Questions

What does undermate mean?: A junior officer on board a ship.
Where does undermate come from?: From under- + mate.

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