Usually means: Friendly term for a friend.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word MATEY:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. matey: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. matey: Merriam-Webster
  3. matey: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. matey: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. matey: Collins English Dictionary
  6. matey: Vocabulary.com
  7. Matey, matey: Wordnik
  8. matey: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. matey: Wiktionary
  10. matey: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. matey: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. matey: Dictionary.com
  13. Matey: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. matey: Rhymezone
  15. matey: FreeDictionary.org
  16. matey: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. matey: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. matey, matey: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. matey: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See mateyness as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Matey)

▸ adjective:  (UK) Sociable or friendly.
▸ noun:  (nautical, slang) A fellow sailor; often used affectedly, especially when portraying a pirate.
▸ noun:  (nautical, slang) A dockyard worker.
▸ noun:  A surname from the Slavic languages.

Similar:
chummy, palsy-walsy, friendly, pally, congenial, hail-fellow-well-met, sociable, amicable, warm-hearted, Mates, more...

Opposite:
unfriendly, hostile, distant, aloof, cold

Types:
pirate, pirate captain, pirate king, pirate queen, pirate princess, pirate prince, more...

Phrases:
Paul Matey, more...

Adjectives:
old, more, very, fight, dear, little, pretty, poor



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Similar:
chummy, palsy-walsy, friendly, pally, congenial, hail-fellow-well-met, sociable, amicable, warm-hearted, Mates, more...

Opposite:
unfriendly, hostile, distant, aloof, cold

Types:
pirate, pirate captain, pirate king, pirate queen, pirate princess, pirate prince, more...

Phrases:
Paul Matey, more...

Adjectives:
old, more, very, fight, dear, little, pretty, poor



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