Definition of argosy Argosy
/ɑˈɹgʌsi/ - [argusee] - ar•go•sy
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What does argosy mean?
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NounPlural: argosies |
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| argosy - one or more large merchant ships |
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- argosy (Noun)
A merchant ship. - argosy (Noun)
A merchant flotilla, fleet. - argosy (Noun)
Popular anglicism of the Argonautika of w: Apollonios Apollonios Rhodios . - argosy (Noun)
A collection of lore.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- argosy (n.)
A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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argosy
är′go-si, n. a large merchant-vessel richly laden, esp. those of Ragusa and Venice: also figuratively. [The forms ragosie, rhaguse, used equally with argosie, argosey, &c., point to the derivation from It. Ragusea, a ship belonging to Ragusa, a great medieval port on the Adriatic, spelt in 16th-cent. English as Aragouse, Arragosa.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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argosy
A merchant ship or carrack of burden, principally of the Levant; the name is by some derived from Ragusa, but by others with more probability from the Argo. Shakspeare mentions "argosies with portly sail." Those of the Frescobaldi were the richest and most adventurous of those times.
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🔤- argosy, noun, singular of argosies.
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