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matelotages

matelotages is the plural of matelotage.

Meaning of matelotage

Noun

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.

Questions about matelotages

What is matelotages the plural of?
Matelotages is the plural of matelotage.

Words near matelotages in the dictionary

  1. matelassés
  2. mateless
  3. matelessness
  4. matelot
  5. matelotage
  6. matelotages
  7. matelote
  8. matelotes
  9. matelots
  10. Matelski
  11. Matelskis

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