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dragonships

dragonships is the plural of dragonship.

Meaning of dragonship

Noun (1)

dragonship (plural dragonships)

  1. A type of Viking longship decorated with a carved dragon or serpent head on the prow.
    • Every summer brought the prospect of the dragonships snaking their way upriver, each vessel filled with thirty or more rapacious thugs.1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 77
    Synonyms:
    drakeship

Noun (2)

dragonship (plural dragonships)

  1. A term of address for a dragon.
    • But the dragon was not to be persuaded, he shook his head, and said — "No."
      "But your dragonship shall and must," said the little Princess, stamping her foot impatiently upon the ground, as if she wished the great dragon himself were under her feet.1884, Moira, Philip Graham: A Subject of Queen Mab (volume 2, page 222)

Questions about dragonships

What is dragonships the plural of?
Dragonships is the plural of dragonship.

Words near dragonships in the dictionary

  1. dragons' dens
  2. dragons'-den
  3. dragons'-dens
  4. dragonsbreath
  5. dragonship
  6. dragonships
  7. dragonskin
  8. dragonskins
  9. dragonslayer
  10. dragonslayers
  11. dragonsome

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