25 April 2017
matelot or matelow
[mat-loh, mat-l-oh]
noun, British Slang.
1. a sailor.
Origin of matelot
French, Middle Dutch
1910-1915; < French ≪ Middle Dutch mattenoot sailor, equivalent to matte mat1+ noot companion ( Dutch genoot)
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Historical Examples
Finally a matelot advanced—a common sailor—a man before the mast.
Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes
Sylvia Sunshine
The Buccaneers went in pairs, every hunter having his camerade or matelot (sailor), as well as his engags.
The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3)
Walter Thornbury
No excuse was allowed; and if illness prevented the man elected taking the office, his matelot, or companion, took his place.
The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3)
Walter Thornbury
We do not know whether, in peculiar cases, a matelot became his camarade’s heir.
The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3)
Walter Thornbury
I prove to you I am not; but a good, sound, safe, French matelot !
Seven Frozen Sailors
George Manville Fenn
He had been a matelot, he said,—made a long voyage, and once touched at an English port.
Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia
Thomas Forester
Anagram
two male
ow metal
late mow
meat owl
Today’s quote
History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.
– Percy Bysshe Shelley
On this day
25 April – Anzac Day. National day of remembrance for Australia and New Zealand to commemorate ANZACs who fought at Gallipoli during World War I, honouring all service-men and women who served their country.
25 April – World Penguin Day.
25 April 1915 – World War I: the battle of Gallipoli begins, when Australian, New Zealand, British and French forces invade Turkey’s Gallipoli Peninsula, landing at Cape Helles, and what is now called Anzac Cove. The attack followed a failed British attempt on 18 March 1915 to seize Constantinople by sailing a fleet into the Dardenelle Straits. The Turks laid naval mines and sank three British ships. The Gallipoli Campaign resulted in the deaths of 56,643 Turks, 56,707 allies, which included 34,072 from Britain, 9,798 from France, 8,709 from Australia, 2,721 from New Zealand, 1,358 from British India, 49 from Newfoundland. More than 107,000 Turks and 123,000 allies were injured. The Gallipoli Campaign is seen as a defining moment in the national histories of both Australia and Turkey.
25 April 1983 – American schoolgirl, Samantha Smith, is invited to the Soviet Union after its leader, Yuri Andropov, reads her letter expressing her fears of nuclear war.