brigantine

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast

Etymology

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

hermaphrodite brig

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