galleon

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts

   Cravister, large and stately as a galleon with all sails set.

From Middle French galion or Spanish galeón. Originally an augmentative form of a Romance language cognate of galley, the word spread around the Mediterranean from the 12th century, taking on different meanings depending on place and time.

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