boater vs matey

boater

noun
  • One who works on a boat, especially as captain. 

  • Someone who travels by boat. 

  • A straw hat, very stiff, with a flat brim and crown. 

matey

noun
  • A dockyard worker. 

  • A fellow sailor; often used affectedly, especially when portraying a pirate. 

adj
  • Sociable or friendly. 

How often have the words boater and matey occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )