Noun

1. sailor
   • 1984, John Harris, A Funny Place to Hold a War,

     […] a chief petty officer, snarled something under his breath about bloody 'am-fisted matelots […]

   • 1997, Tristan Jones, Heart of Oak, page 103,

     So far as the average matelot was concerned, there was little romanticism about the prefence for frigates, destroyers, frail E-boats that could be blown up with one well-aimed cannon, and submarines, those breeding grounds of TB and madness.

   • 2004, Alan O'Reilly, Sound of Battle, ISBN 1595262881, page 147,

     One day, a stalwart sailor was brought in with a severe fracture below the knee […]

     A week later the leg had turned septic but the matelot was endearing cheerful.

     "Never mind, Sister" he assured Anne. "I'll get a piece of whalebone, like Captain Ahab."

   • 2005 William Atlay, All for a King's Shilling, Melrose Press, ISBN 190522625X, page 72,

     Our matelot took us out to sea in what I believed was not a very seaworthy boat.