matelot
or mate·low
a sailor.
Origin of matelot
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How to use matelot in a sentence
Mais il fut garenti par la diligence des matelots, qui lui tendirent vne corde, par laquelle il se sauva.
Could he venture out and display the weakness of the British Navy in the face of a crew of unwashed Greek matelots?
En ceste fa ils se vindrẽt ioindre la chaloupe des Matelots, & de compagnie gagnerent l'Isle de Menano.
Half a hundred matelots grinned affably at him as they paused in their toil at cabin lights and brass-work.
The Pursuit | Frank (Frank Mackenzie) SavileThey took their own matelots, and became, in their turn, Buccaneers.
The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) | Walter Thornbury
British Dictionary definitions for matelot
matlo or matlow
/ (ˈmætləʊ) /
slang, mainly British a sailor
Origin of matelot
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