English
Etymology
From the French.
Noun
en-noun
- UK sailor
#* 1984, John Harris, A Funny Place to Hold a War,
#*:[…] a chief petty officer, snarled something under his breath about bloody 'am-fisted matelots […]
#* 1997, Tristan Jones, Heart of Oak, page 103,
#*:So far as the average matelot was concerned, there was little romanticism about the prefence for frigates, destroyers, frail E-boats that could be blown up with one well-aimed cannon, and submarines, those breeding grounds of TB and madness.
#* 2004, Alan O'Reilly, Sound of Battle, ISBN 1595262881, page 147,
#*:One day, a stalwart sailor was brought in with a severe fracture below the knee […]
#*:A week later the leg had turned septic but the matelot was endearing cheerful.
#*:"Never mind, Sister" he assured Anne. "I'll get a piece of whalebone, like Captain Ahab."
#* 2005 William Atlay, All for a King's Shilling, Melrose Press, ISBN 190522625X, page 72,
#*: Our matelot took us out to sea in what I believed was not a very seaworthy boat.
French
Etymology
Middle Dutch mattenoot
Noun
fr-noun|m
- seaman
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