matey

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1)  Sociable or friendly.
 * You've been very matey with that new bird.
 * 1) * 2002, Jon Latimer, Alamein, |most+matey%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tWqsT-GjHa2eiAee34jeAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22more|most%20matey%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 128,
 * he[ Major-General Douglas Wimberley ] wrote: ‘They[the Australians] took a bit of getting used to. I was dressed as a general and they treated me in the most matey way, but despite this it was easy to see that there was nothing wrong with their battle discipline.’
 * 1) * 2002, Jon Latimer, Alamein, |most+matey%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tWqsT-GjHa2eiAee34jeAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22more|most%20matey%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 128,
 * he[ Major-General Douglas Wimberley ] wrote: ‘They[the Australians] took a bit of getting used to. I was dressed as a general and they treated me in the most matey way, but despite this it was easy to see that there was nothing wrong with their battle discipline.’

Noun

 * , friend.
 * Hello, matey, just back from the pub?
 * 1) * 1920, Francis Stevens (Gertrude Barrows Bennett), Claimed, 2009, Munsey′s, page 49,
 * And take my advice, matey. When yer buys it, don′t yer make Lutz′s mistake and think yer can wriggle out easy.
 * 1)  A fellow sailor; often used affectedly, especially when portraying a pirate.
 * Ahoy mateys, scrub the deck!
 * 1) * c. 1906, Herbert Strang (pseudonym), In Clive′s Command, 2006, Echo Library, page 35,
 * “Well, we are and we en′t, eh, mateys? The Waterman′s Rest en′t exactly the kind of place to spend shore leave; it en′t a patch on Wapping or Rotherhithe.”
 * 1)  A dockyard worker.
 * “Well, we are and we en′t, eh, mateys? The Waterman′s Rest en′t exactly the kind of place to spend shore leave; it en′t a patch on Wapping or Rotherhithe.”
 * 1)  A dockyard worker.
 * 1)  A dockyard worker.
 * 1)  A dockyard worker.
 * 1)  A dockyard worker.