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polacre

polacre noun: a 17th-century three-masted merchant ship.

polacre: a 17th-century three-masted merchant ship
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Noun

polacre (plural polacres)

  1. (historical, obsolete) A 17th-century three-masted merchant ship.
    • Before the Princess went to Palestine, do you know in what part of the polacre she slept?1820, J. H. Adolphus, editor, A Correct, Full, and Impartial Report, of the Trial of Her Majesty, Caroline, Queen Consort of Great Britain, Before the House of Peers; on the Bill of Pains and...
    • If that be so with respect to the Aum case, what shall we say to the case now established in proof onboard the polacre; that case which they have been unable by any evidence to shake, or by any observation to destroy?1822, The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, of the Year 1822, Part 2, page 1137

Forms of polacre

pluralpolacres
alternative formpolacca

Origin of polacre

Uncertain; from either French polacre (“Pole, Polish”) or Italian polacca (“Polish woman, Polish (feminine adj)”).

Questions about polacre

What does polacre mean?
Polacre means a 17th-century three-masted merchant ship.
What part of speech is polacre?
Polacre is a noun.
What is the plural of polacre?
The plural of polacre is polacres.

Words near polacre in the dictionary

  1. polaccas
  2. Polacek
  3. Polaceks
  4. Polack
  5. Polacks
  6. polacre
  7. polacres
  8. polacs
  9. Polaha
  10. Polak
  11. Polakowski

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