Word: undermates
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: un
der
mates
Definition: Plural of undermate. A junior officer on board a ship.
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: mate
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.