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galleon

[ gal-ee-uhn, gal-yuhn ]
/ ˈgæl i ən, ˈgæl yən /
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noun
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.
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Origin of galleon

1520–30; <Spanish galeón, augmentative of galeagalley
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British Dictionary definitions for galleon

galleon
/ (ˈɡælɪən) /

noun
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

Word Origin for galleon

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