mateship

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The post of mate on a ship

   The post of mate on a ship; a posting as mate.

2. 2

   A type of contract between ships to cooperate and share the proceeds of an expedition.

   • […]as, for instance, the contract termed mateship, by which one whaling-ship meeting another forms a partnership in the proceeds of the expedition.
3. 3

   Fellowship

   Fellowship; companionship.

   • “Don′t mind if I do,” I answered, and thus begun a mateship that in the course of the next few months was to yield to each of us a fairly big experience of adventure, and, what was more acceptable to me, a good round sum in cash.
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   1. 4

      Friendship, particularly between men, such as develops in shared adversity

      Friendship, particularly between men, such as develops in shared adversity; solidarity.

   2. 5

      A relationship based on mating.

      • The mateships of the three last-named animals are solitary, though in the case of wolves, the separated members of various mateships gather in packs during the winter months.
      • Further, in most cultures without systems of codified laws, long-term mateships are ritually sanctioned by the community. If we are not to have too provincial a conception of marriage, these mateships should also count as marriages.

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