Definitions
A matelot is a sailor, especially in British or nautical usage.
Word origin
From Middle French matelot (“sailor”). Compare Dutch matroos and German Matrose. Doublet of matross.
Used in a sentence
““‘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 chief petty officer, snarled something under his breath about bloody 'am-fisted matelots […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Sailor”7 letters
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