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matelot
[ mat-loh, mat-l-oh ]
noun
- a sailor.
matelot
/ ˈmætləʊ /
noun
- slang.a sailor
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Word History and Origins
Origin of matelot1
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Example Sentences
And all the time the sentinels on the Saut au Matelot were eagerly watching the river for the first sign of the English invaders.
The Buccaneers went in pairs, every hunter having his camerade or matelot (sailor), as well as his engags.
The French word matelot, by the way, is derived from matelas, a mattress.
I prove to you I am not; but a good, sound, safe, French matelot!
This was at Sault-au-Matelot Street, a narrow, steep thoroughfare, barely twenty feet from side to side.
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