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matross


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Matross  \Ma*tross"\,  n.  [D.  matroos,  fr  F.  matelot.]  (Mil.) 
  Formerly,  in  the  British  service,  a  gunner  or  a  gunner's 
  mate;  one  of  the  soldiers  in  a  train  of  artillery,  who 
  assisted  the  gunners  in  loading,  firing,  and  sponging  the 
  guns.  [Obs.]