matilda

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. özel isim A female given name from the Germanic languages.

   “But wondrously begotten, and begonne / By false illusion of a guilefull Spright, / On a faire Ladie Nonne, that whilome hight / Matilda, daughter to Pubidius, […]”

2. isim Either of two British infantry tanks in use during World War II, the Infantry Tank Mark I or Infantry Tank Mark II.
3. isim A swag or bluey carried by a swagman or swagwoman.

   “Oh there once was a swagman camped in the billabong, Under the shade of a coolibah tree, And he sang as he looked at the old billy boiling, 'Who'll come a'waltzing Matilda, with me.'”

4. isim A bundle of possessions, often tied up in a sack; a swag.

   “When a hobo roams through the outback with a matilda on his back, he is said to be “waltzing matilda.””