"fireship" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-fireship.ogg Forms: fireships [plural]
Etymology: From fire + ship. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fire|ship}} fire + ship Head templates: {{en-noun}} fireship (plural fireships)
  1. (nautical, historical) A wooden ship set alight and then sent floating into an enemy flotilla, with the aim of spreading the fire among them. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Nautical, Prostitution, Sexually transmitted diseases, Warships Synonyms: brulot [obsolete] Translations (wooden ship set alight): polttolaiva (Finnish), brûlot [masculine] (French), Brander [masculine] (German), Brandschiff [neuter] (German), πυρπολικό (pyrpolikó) [neuter] (Greek), brulotto [masculine] (Italian), brander [masculine] (Polish), brulote [masculine] (Portuguese), бра́ндер (bránder) [masculine] (Russian), brulote [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fireship-en-noun-ZkN01SRc Disambiguation of Prostitution: 67 33 Disambiguation of Sexually transmitted diseases: 79 21 Disambiguation of Warships: 95 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 86 14 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'wooden ship set alight': 98 2
  2. (vulgar, slang) A diseased prostitute. Tags: slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-fireship-en-noun-J37K923n
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fireboat, hellburner, frenchified, venereal disease

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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