frigate

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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noun a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries
noun a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser

From French frégate, from Italian fregata, of uncertain origin.

The frigate approached the cetacean. — Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, Jules Verne
Relics of the wrecked frigate abounded. — The Riddle of the Sands, Erskine Childers
“What about the frigate?” I asked. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne

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