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BRIGANTINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brigantine mean?
• BRIGANTINE (noun)
The noun BRIGANTINE has 1 sense:
1. two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast
Familiarity information: BRIGANTINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
brigantine; hermaphrodite brig
Hypernyms ("brigantine" is a kind of...):
sailing ship; sailing vessel (a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts)
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