English Explanatory Dictionary

matelotage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A social practice of same-sex civil union among seafarers in the 17th and 18th centuries.
  2. An instance of such a union.

Word forms

matelotage matelotages

Etymology

Borrowed from French matelotage.

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