argosy

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun one or more large merchant ships

Etymology

Alteration of Italian ragusea (“a large ship”), after the maritime city of Ragusa, now Dubrovnik.

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