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

Words nearby galleon

gallbladder fossa, gall duct, Galle, galleass, Gallegos, galleon, galleria, galleried, gallerist, gallery, gallery forest

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How to use galleon in a sentence

Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the hedge fund Galleon Group, pursued a Wall Street lifestyle.
Charles Gasparino Details Insider-Trading Investigations in New Book, ‘Circle of Friends’|William O’Connor|July 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Yet, as the Gupta defense contended, Gupta ended up losing $10 million with Galleon.
Rajat Gupta Was Found Guilty of Insider Trading in Less Than a Day|Allan Dodds Frank|June 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
With Galleon buying millions of shares, the price of Hilton stock moved up that day much more than it would have otherwise.
Why Insider Trading Should Be Legalized|James Altucher|June 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Not long after that call, Galleon bought more than 80,000 shares of Goldman Sachs.
Rajat Gupta and Goldman's Insider Trading Bombshell|Allan Dodds Frank|March 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST

“Less than a minute after the call began,” says the SEC, Galleon bought 40,000 more Goldman shares.
Rajat Gupta and Goldman's Insider Trading Bombshell|Allan Dodds Frank|March 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
She is as white as the sail of the treasure-laden galleon as it enters the harbor of Cadiz.
The Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete|Honore de Balzac
And at the trail's end the unkempt, ribald crew swarmed their dark and dirty camp as a band of pirates a galleon.
Blazed Trail Stories|Stewart Edward White
If we shoaled the water much more we could not hope to force the heavy galleon through.
Hurricane Hurry|W.H.G. Kingston
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.
Hurricane Hurry|W.H.G. Kingston
I did not flatter myself so much because of my own merits, as on account of the richly-freighted old galleon.
Hurricane Hurry|W.H.G. Kingston

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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