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matelot

or mate·low

[ mat-loh, mat-l-oh ]

noun

, British Slang.
  1. a sailor.


matelot

/ ˈmætləʊ /

noun

  1. slang.
    a sailor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of matelot1

1910–15; < French Middle Dutch mattenoot sailor, equivalent to matte mat 1 + noot companion ( Dutch genoot )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of matelot1

C20: from French
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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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