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dragonship¹

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From dragon + ship; calque of Old Norse drekaskip, from dreki (“dragon”) + skip (“ship”).

noun dragonships

  1. A type of Viking longship decorated with a carved dragon or serpent head on the prow. Every summer brought the prospect of the dragonships snaking their way upriver, each vessel filled with thirty or more rapacious thugs.

    Similar: drakeship

dragonship²

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From dragon + -ship.

noun dragonships

  1. A term of address for a dragon. But the dragon was not to be persuaded, he shook his head, and said — "No." "But your dragonship shall and must," said the little Princess, stamping her foot impatiently upon the ground, as if she wished the great dragon himself were under her feet.

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@misc{dragonship_2026,
  title = {dragonship},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dragonship},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}