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matrosses

matrosses is the plural of matross.

Meaning of matross

Noun

matross (plural matrosses)

  1. (historical) An artilleryman next in rank to a gunner; a gunner's mate, especially one who assists the gunners in loading, firing, and sponging the guns.
    • [T]he matrosses, in their annual gesture of amity, had torn the sky with the largest piece of ordnance in the Great Keep […].1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter V, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 48

Questions about matrosses

What is matrosses the plural of?
Matrosses is the plural of matross.

Words near matrosses in the dictionary

  1. matronymics
  2. matronyms
  3. Matroosberg
  4. matrophobia
  5. matross
  6. matrosses
  7. matrotroph
  8. matrotrophic
  9. matrotrophs
  10. matrotrophy
  11. Matrouh

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