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pirate ships

pirate ships is the plural of pirate ship.

Meaning of pirate ship

Noun

pirate ship (plural pirate ships)

  1. Any ship manned by pirates, especially a large wooden sailing ship armed with cannons and flying a Jolly Roger, as stereotyped in literature and film.
    • The Sea Angel was a massive ship shaped like a pirate ship.2008, J. Henry, Genie in My Lager, page 5
  2. A theme park ride in the form of a pirate ship that swings back and forth with seated riders secured on the deck.

Questions about pirate ships

What is pirate ships the plural of?
Pirate ships is the plural of pirate ship.

Words near pirate ships in the dictionary

  1. pirate radio stations
  2. pirate radios
  3. pirate round
  4. pirate rounds
  5. pirate ship
  6. pirate ships
  7. pirate shirt
  8. pirate shirts
  9. pirate spider
  10. pirate spiders
  11. piratebush

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