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drogher

drogher noun: a West Indian coasting vessel, with long masts and lateen sails.

Noun

drogher (plural droghers)

  1. A West Indian coasting vessel, with long masts and lateen sails.
    • He had besides many vessels and droggers, of different sizes, which used to go about the island; and others to collect rum, sugar, and other goods.1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 5, in The Interesting Narrative, volume I
  2. Any small, slow craft, especially for transporting goods to or from shore.
    • a lumber drogher

Forms of drogher

pluraldroghers
alternative formdroger
alternative formdrogger

Origin of drogher

From Middle French drogueur (“ship for catching and drying fish”), from Dutch drogher, droogher, from droogen (“to dry”).

Questions about drogher

What does drogher mean?
Drogher means a West Indian coasting vessel, with long masts and lateen sails.
What part of speech is drogher?
Drogher is a noun.
What is the plural of drogher?
The plural of drogher is droghers.

Words near drogher in the dictionary

  1. drogers
  2. Droges
  3. drogger
  4. droggers
  5. Drogheda
  6. drogher
  7. droghers
  8. drogman
  9. drogmans
  10. drogmen
  11. Drogobitai

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