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galleon

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I don't think magellan wants to get sued when your galleon of gold bullion gets lost at sea...etc. That kind of thing.

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Quick take

a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries

Meaning at a glance

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noun

a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for galleon.

noun

a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries

Example sentences

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I don't think magellan wants to get sued when your galleon of gold bullion gets lost at sea...etc. That kind of thing.

2

Then there is the great galleon of tradition, and on board it travel the great poets and dreamers of the past.”Apologies to Yeats.

3

So it'll become legal to own a fully-armed 17th-century galleon again?

4

Kevin] Wensing said, “it probably started out back in the galleon days, or back when there was a big lighthouse at Alexandria, Egypt.”

5

This doesn't hold in the age of slavery where you could get sold by the curt to slavery and serve on a galleon until you payed back your obligations.

6

If I were going to come up with a hypothetical explanation for the maps beyond 20th century forgery, I'd say that it's more likely that some 16th century Manila galleon strayed a bit north on the return trip to Acapulco and did some secret mapping.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use galleon in a sentence?

I don't think magellan wants to get sued when your galleon of gold bullion gets lost at sea...etc. That kind of thing.

What does galleon mean?

a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries

What part of speech is galleon?

galleon is commonly used as noun.