mateship

[ meyt-ship ]

noun

1. the state of being a mate.
2. Australian. a mode of conduct among Australian men that stresses equality, friendship, and solidarity.

mateship

/ ˈmeɪtʃɪp /

noun

1. the comradeship of friends, usually male, viewed as an institution

Word History and Origins

Origin of mateship¹

First recorded in 1585–95; mate ¹ + -ship

Example Sentences

No one, who had lived under and seemed to accept the principle of mateship, had ever before done as Charley had done.

From Project Gutenberg

The Bedouin of tradition suggests the Anzac in his ideals of mateship and of stoicism.

From Project Gutenberg

With its first great refinement, in becoming the fight for mateship, the combative instinct was still more valuable to evolution.

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