Matie

/ (ˈmɑːtɪ) /

noun

Southern African informal a student at the University of Stellenbosch, esp one representing the University in a sport

Origin of Matie

perhaps from Afrikaans tamatie tomato, from the red colour of the rugby jersey

Words Nearby Matie

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How to use Matie in a sentence

So then I desird they would write a letter to the Kinges Matie.
Diary of Richard Cocks, Volume II | Richard Cocks
Hee saith right (said his Matie) a Gentlemans word, especially before witnesses, is as good as his bond.
From the North Foreland to Penzance | Clive Holland
And yor poore Tennts as in all humble dutie bound will daielie pray for yor Matie.
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century | Richard Henry Tawney
Between men of the incoming and outgoing battalions such casual greetings were exchanged as: "Wot's it like up here, Matie?"
A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire | Harold Harvey
At his cuming to facland he learnit that his Matie was a huntting, quhair eftir brekfast he addrest him self.
James VI and the Gowrie Mystery | Andrew Lang

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