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lateeners

lateeners is the plural of lateener.

Meaning of lateener

Noun

lateener (plural lateeners)

  1. A ship with a lateen rig.
    • Nearby […] lay a curious vessel which it seemed the Being had arrived in. Not the usual lateener, in fact appearing to have neither sails, masts, nor oars.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 282

Questions about lateeners

What is lateeners the plural of?
Lateeners is the plural of lateener.

Words near lateeners in the dictionary

  1. lated
  2. Lateef
  3. lateen
  4. lateened
  5. lateener
  6. lateeners
  7. lateens
  8. Latehar
  9. lateish
  10. Lateisha
  11. Latella

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