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GALLEON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("galleon" is a kind of...):
sailing ship; sailing vessel (a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "galleon"):
carack; carrack (a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman)
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