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Synonyms for galleon
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : gal-ee-uh n, gal-yuh n |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæl i ən, ˈgæl yən |
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Définition of galleon
Origin :- large ship, 1520s, from Old French galion "little ship" (13c.), from Spanish galeón "galleon, armed merchant ship," from Byzantine Greek galea "galley" (see galley) + augmentative suffix -on. In English use, especially of Spanish ships involved in the American trade.
- As in sailboat : noun a boat propelled with wind by sailcloth
- As in galley : noun a ship
- Who will pray for your soul, I wonder, when that galleon comes to lie board and board with you?
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
- If he could dispose of them the galleon would be at his mercy.
- Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
- The frigate and galleon came together with a terrific crash.
- Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
- On his head was a scarlet cap with a gold band, even as the man in the galleon had said.
- Extract from : « In the Days of Drake » by J. S. Fletcher
- The St. Philip came to the like end; so did the galleon of Biscay, and divers others.
- Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
- Many a galleon has been looted of ingots and bullion by the 146 old seadogs there.
- Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
- The only misadventure they had to fear was the loss of the galleon.
- Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
- That only one galleon was to be sent each year (instead of two) as formerly.
- Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
- The guns will burst, and we can then do what we please with the galleon and the town.
- Extract from : « Two Gallant Sons of Devon » by Harry Collingwood
- Here a galleon, a prize to the “Monmouth,” struck upon a sunken rock.
- Extract from : « John Deane of Nottingham » by W.H.G. Kingston
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