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Definition of matelot in English: matelotnoun ˈmatləʊˈmætloʊ British informal A sailor. 〈英，非正式〉水手，海员 Example sentencesExamples - The torpedo broke the destroyer's back, causing her to sink in 15 seconds and thus consigning hundreds of exhausted troops and matelots to their deaths.
- He was in matelot's uniform, having stayed on with the Royal Navy after the end of the war.
- Among the sailors listed by the French were Prussians, Italians, Americans, Portuguese, Danes and one matelot from Halifax (whether or not it's Halifax, Nova Scotia, or Halifax, Yorkshire, isn't clear).
- And the skill of sailing is matched in these young modern matelots by the skill of recovery from the capsize.
- TV chiefs are to hold a talent contest to find the best singing sailors, matelots, seamen and ship-hands in the country, and offer them a top music contract by way of a prize.
Synonyms seaman, seafarer, seafaring man, mariner
OriginMid 19th century (nautical slang): from French, variant of matenot, from Middle Dutch mattenoot 'bed companion', because sailors had to share hammocks in twos. Definition of matelot in US English: matelotnounˈmætloʊˈmatlō British informal A sailor. 〈英，非正式〉水手，海员 Example sentencesExamples - Among the sailors listed by the French were Prussians, Italians, Americans, Portuguese, Danes and one matelot from Halifax (whether or not it's Halifax, Nova Scotia, or Halifax, Yorkshire, isn't clear).
- The torpedo broke the destroyer's back, causing her to sink in 15 seconds and thus consigning hundreds of exhausted troops and matelots to their deaths.
- TV chiefs are to hold a talent contest to find the best singing sailors, matelots, seamen and ship-hands in the country, and offer them a top music contract by way of a prize.
- And the skill of sailing is matched in these young modern matelots by the skill of recovery from the capsize.
- He was in matelot's uniform, having stayed on with the Royal Navy after the end of the war.
Synonyms seaman, seafarer, seafaring man, mariner
OriginMid 19th century (nautical slang): from French, variant of matenot, from Middle Dutch mattenoot ‘bed companion’, because sailors had to share hammocks in twos. |