Etymology

matelotage

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Today it means: A social practice of same-sex civil union among seafarers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Full definition →

French matelotage
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  1. French · borrowed frommatelotage
  2. English todaymatelotage

Borrowed from French matelotage.

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