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billander

billander is the alternative form of bilander.

Meaning of bilander

Noun

bilander (plural bilanders)

  1. (historical) A small two-masted merchant vessel, used near the coast or in canals, mostly in the Netherlands.
    • Why choose we, then, like bilanders to creep / Along the coast, and land in view to keep?1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC

Forms of billander

pluralbillanders

Questions about billander

What is billander the alternative form of?
Billander is the alternative form of bilander.

Words near billander in the dictionary

  1. billable
  2. billables
  3. billabong
  4. billabongs
  5. Billacombe
  6. billander
  7. billanders
  8. billard
  9. billards
  10. Billary
  11. billback

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