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brigantines

brigantines is the plural 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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Questions about brigantines

What is brigantines the plural of?
Brigantines is the plural of brigantine.

Words near brigantines in the dictionary

  1. Brigantes
  2. Briganti
  3. Brigantia
  4. Brigantian
  5. brigantine
  6. brigantines
  7. Brigantis
  8. brigatinib
  9. Briget
  10. Brigettine
  11. Brigettines

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