matelotage

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French matelotage.

Noun[edit]

matelotage (plural matelotages)

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

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From matelot +‎ -age.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

matelotage m (usually uncountable, plural matelotages)

  1. seamanship

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