matelot
noun/ˈmæt.ləʊ/
Etymology
From Middle French matelot (“sailor”). Compare Dutch matroos and German Matrose. Doublet of matross.
Definitions
A sailor.
- “‘Hellow,” says Jimmy, “here’s some dunnage as has belonged to some poor matelo’,” and with that he picks out a wad of somethin’ and begins for to open it.
- Matlo, name used to describe themselves by British bluejackets. Falling into disuse. Corruption of the French matelot.
A mate
A mate; a boon companion.
Associated with or typical of sailors.
- In minor key, but just as picturesque, were the uniforms of the port labouring staff—white sweat shirt, black matelot trousers and wide-brimmed straw hat with flat crown.
- A small, dark, ferretlike man in a sailor’s dark coat and a French matelot cap with a red pompom was behind her on the stairs.
- She wore the kind of wide trousers and matelot vest that used to feature so strongly in the fashion plates of the Thirties, those outdoor shots that Norman Parkinson liked to take in the South of France
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA