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fireships

fireships is the plural of fireship.

Meaning of fireship

Noun

fireship (plural fireships)

  1. (historical) A wooden ship set alight and then sent floating into an enemy flotilla, with the aim of spreading the fire among them.
    • Fireships were famously used by Sir Francis Drake when fighting the Spanish Armada of 1588.
    Synonyms:
    brulot
  2. (slang, vulgar) A diseased prostitute.

Questions about fireships

What is fireships the plural of?
Fireships is the plural of fireship.

Words near fireships in the dictionary

  1. firesetting
  2. fireshed
  3. firesheds
  4. fireshine
  5. fireship
  6. fireships
  7. fireside
  8. fireside chat
  9. fireside chats
  10. Fireside Poets
  11. fireside set

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