fireship
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fireship
Where it comes from
From fire + ship.
noun fireships · fire-ship · fire ship
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A wooden ship set alight and then sent floating into an enemy flotilla, with the aim of spreading the fire among them.
Fireships were famously used by Sir Francis Drake when fighting the Spanish Armada of 1588.
Similar: brulot
- A diseased prostitute.
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Talk about this word "fireship." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fireship. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fireship. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fireship "fireship." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fireship.
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@misc{fireship_2026,
title = {fireship},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fireship},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
