brigantine
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brigantine¹
- /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌtin/ US
- /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌtaɪn/ US
Where it comes from
Attested 1525, for a small rowing vessel, from earlier brigandyns, from Middle French brigandin, probably from Italian brigante (“skirmisher, pirate, brigand”), from Latin brigō (“to fight”).
noun brigantines
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a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.
The Galles and thoſe pilling Briggandines,
That yeerely ſaile to the Uenetian goulfe,
And houer in the ſtraightes for Chriſtians wracke,
Shall lie at anchor in the Iſle Aſant.
Similar: hermaphrodite brig
brigantine²
- /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌtin/ US
- /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌtaɪn/ US
Where it comes from
Variant form.
noun brigantines
- Alternative form of brigandine
Brigantine³
proper noun
- A city on a barrier island in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.
Translations
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noun square-rigged foremast with main mast rigged fore-and-aft, sailing vessel
| Español | bergantín |
|---|---|
| Português | bergantim |
| Français | brigantine |
| Deutsch | Brigantine |
| Italiano | brigantino |
| Русский | бриганти́на brigantína |
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