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matelot

or ³¾²¹³Ù±ð·±ô´Ç·É

[ mat-loh, mat-l-oh ]

noun

British Slang.
  1. a sailor.


matelot

/ ˈ³¾Ã¦³Ù±ôəʊ /

noun

  1. slang.
    a sailor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of matelot1

1910–15; < French ≪ Middle Dutch mattenoot sailor, equivalent to matte mat 1 + noot companion ( Dutch genoot )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of matelot1

C20: from French
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Once in town, he dropped into the Jacaranda, a coffee bar that was popular with local youth, and “got talking to a boy, George, in a striped matelot T-shirt and black leather jacket who told me his friends played music,†he later recalled in an interview with the website Classic Bands.

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There were the skins of two people, and also the work of two tattooists, and the faces of the subjects of the tattoos; the woman with her complex hairdo, above, and the man in the matelot top.

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But thanks to the huge Paradise Papers data breach, we do know in 2010 the ultimate beneficial owner of Matelot was Nickolay Fomichev, a member of the gang.

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In 2001 another offshore firm, Matelot Real Estate Incorporated, paid just over £1m for a flat in a shiny new tower block on the River Thames across from Chelsea Harbour, which it sold in 2006.

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We don't know who was originally behind it because when it was set up Matelot had nominee directors and an anonymous owner.

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