argosies

Variant of argosy

argosy definition

ar·gosy (är′gə sē)

noun pl. argosies -·sies

  1. a large ship, esp. a merchant ship
  2. a fleet of such ships

Etymology: earlier ragusy < It (nave) Ragusea, (vessel of) Ragusa (in Croatia); sp. infl. by the Argo

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