About The Word Argosy
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Argosy
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What's The Definition Of Argosy?
[n] one or more large merchant ships
Synonyms | Synonyms for Argosy: Related Terms | Find terms related to Argosy: armada | bark | boat | bottom | bottoms | bucket | coast guard | craft | division | escadrille | fleet | flotilla | hooker | hulk | hull | keel | leviathan | line | marine | merchant fleet | merchant marine | merchant navy | mosquito fleet | Naval Construction Battalion | naval forces | naval militia | naval reserve | navy | packet | RN | Royal Navy | Seabees | ship | shipping | ships | squadron | task force | task group | tonnage | tub | United States Navy | USN | vessel | watercraft | whaling fleet See Also | fleet Argosy In Webster's Dictionary \Ar"go*sy\, n.; pl. {Argosies}. [Earlier ragusy, fr.
ragusa meaning orig. a vessel of Ragusa.]
A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size.
Where your argosies with portly sail . . . Do overpeer
the petty traffickers. --Shak.
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