frigatoon

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frigatoon

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From Italian fregatone. Compare French frégaton and see frigate.

noun frigatoons

historical A Venetian vessel with a square stern, having only a mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war ship-rigged. "Your protegé shall not want advancement through my forgetfulness, be assured, Kenard. But why are you so anxiously looking through your glass to the windward?" "For the three-masted frigatoon." "You are doubtless mistaken in her character!" "I cannot be, my lord. No honest trader in these waters ev

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@misc{frigatoon_2026,
  title = {frigatoon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/frigatoon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}