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matros.

seaman, sailor

6 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

seaman, sailor
common-gender

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Dutch matroos, from Middle French matelots pl (“sailors”), from Old French matenot (“sailor, bunkmate”), likely from Middle Dutch mattenoot. Possibly a compound of a word for "mat" or "food" together with an old cognate of German Genosse, thus "bunk mate" or "food mate". Possibly cognate with Icelandic mötunautur.

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