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galleon

[ gal-ee-uhn, gal-yuhn ]

noun

  1. a large sailing vessel of the 15th to the 17th centuries used as a fighting or merchant ship, square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and generally lateen-rigged on one or two after masts.


galleon

/ ˈɡælɪən /

noun

  1. nautical a large sailing ship having three or more masts, lateen-rigged on the after masts and square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast, used as a warship or trader from the 15th to the 18th centuries
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of galleon1

1520–30; < Spanish galeón, augmentative of galea galley
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Word History and Origins

Origin of galleon1

C16: from Spanish galeón, from French galion, from Old French galie galley
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Example Sentences

So without further ado, let us take a gander at the fascinating history and evolution of the galleon – the exemplary warship of the 16th-17th century.

Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the hedge fund Galleon Group, pursued a Wall Street lifestyle.

Yet, as the Gupta defense contended, Gupta ended up losing $10 million with Galleon.

With Galleon buying millions of shares, the price of Hilton stock moved up that day much more than it would have otherwise.

Not long after that call, Galleon bought more than 80,000 shares of Goldman Sachs.

“Less than a minute after the call began,” says the SEC, Galleon bought 40,000 more Goldman shares.

She is as white as the sail of the treasure-laden galleon as it enters the harbor of Cadiz.

And at the trail's end the unkempt, ribald crew swarmed their dark and dirty camp as a band of pirates a galleon.

If we shoaled the water much more we could not hope to force the heavy galleon through.

While we were endeavouring to repair the damage it fell a stark calm, and the old galleon began to roll away awfully in the swell.

I did not flatter myself so much because of my own merits, as on account of the richly-freighted old galleon.

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