argosy


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
argosy /ˈɑːgəsi/
noun (pl. argosies) literary a large merchant ship, originally one from Ragusa (now Dubrovnik) or Venice.
– origin C16: appar. from Ital. Ragusea (nave) ‘(vessel) of Ragusa’.
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