ARGOSY

argosy

(noun) one or more large merchant ships

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

argosy (plural argosies)

A merchant ship.

A merchant flotilla, fleet.

An abundant supply, boatload.

Anagrams

• yorgas

Proper noun

Argosy

Popular anglicism of the Argonautika of Apollonios Rhodios.

Anagrams

• yorgas

Source: Wiktionary


Ar"go*sy, n.; pl. Argosies. Etym: [Earlier ragusy, fr. ragusa meaning orig. a vessel of Ragusa.]

Definition: A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size. Where your argosies with portly sail . . . Do overpeer the petty traffickers. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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