e/Mate (term)

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has gloss	eng: Mate is a colloquialism used to refer to a friend and is commonly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Ireland, but is now dated in the United States. It is or has been used interchangeably with many equivalent terms, such as buddy (popular in United States/Canada), pal (Scottish) or cobber (Australian/New Zealand only). Origin Mate is a colloquialism with German or English origins. It is theorised that it started with use by dock workers in the Victorian era. It might also be derived from the Dutch word "maat" which means friend in English.
lexicalization	eng: mate
instance of	(noun) a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes good care of her man" man