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briganteen

briganteen is the obsolete spelling of brigantine.

Meaning of brigantine

Noun

brigantine (plural brigantines)

  1. a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.
    • The Galles and thoſe pilling Briggandines,
      That yeerely ſaile to the Uenetian goulfe,
      And houer in the ſtraightes for Chriſtians wracke,
      Shall lie at anchor in the Iſle Aſant.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

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Forms of briganteen

pluralbriganteens

Questions about briganteen

What is briganteen the obsolete spelling of?
Briganteen is the obsolete spelling of brigantine.

Words near briganteen in the dictionary

  1. brigandism
  2. brigandisms
  3. brigandries
  4. brigandry
  5. brigands
  6. briganteen
  7. Brigantes
  8. Briganti
  9. Brigantia
  10. Brigantian
  11. brigantine

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