"argosy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: argosies [plural]
Etymology: Alteration of Italian ragusea (“a large ship”), after the maritime city of Ragusa, now Dubrovnik. Etymology templates: {{der|en|it|ragusea||a large ship}} Italian ragusea (“a large ship”), {{m|en|Ragusa}} Ragusa, {{m|en|Dubrovnik}} Dubrovnik Head templates: {{en-noun}} argosy (plural argosies)
  1. A merchant ship. Categories (topical): Watercraft Translations (merchant ship): торговое судно (torgovoje) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-argosy-en-noun-KeCyROXX Disambiguation of Watercraft: 56 32 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 3 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 93 2 4 Disambiguation of 'merchant ship': 97 2 1
  2. A merchant flotilla, fleet.
    Sense id: en-argosy-en-noun-wRD10QRP
  3. An abundant supply, boatload. Translations (abundant supply): храни́лище (alt: литературы знаний...) (Russian), сокро́вищница (alt: литературы и т.д.) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-argosy-en-noun-oTa-ssAh Disambiguation of 'abundant supply': 2 2 96

Inflected forms

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