mateship

[ meyt-ship ]
/ ˈmeɪt ʃɪp /

noun

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

Origin of mateship

First recorded in 1585–95; mate1 + -ship

Words nearby mateship

maternalize, maternity, maternity benefit, maternity leave, maternity ward, mateship, matey, math, math., mathematical, mathematical expectation

Example sentences from the Web for mateship

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

    The Black Opal |Katharine Susannah Prichard

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

    Problems of the Pacific |Frank Fox

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

    G. H. Q. |Frank Fox

British Dictionary definitions for mateship

mateship
/ (ˈmeɪtʃɪp) /

noun

Australian the comradeship of friends, usually male, viewed as an institution