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brigantine

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Pronunciation
/ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌtin/ (US)
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/ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌtin/ (US) · /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌtaɪn/ (US)

Definition of brigantine

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.
    “The Galles and thoſe pilling Briggandines, That yeerely ſaile to the Uenetian goulfe, And houer in the ſtraightes for Chriſtians wracke, Shall lie at anchor in the Iſle Aſant.”
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noun

  1. a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.
    “The Galles and thoſe pilling Briggandines, That yeerely ſaile to the Uenetian goulfe, And houer in the ſtraightes for Chriſtians wracke, Shall lie at anchor in the Iſle Aſant.”
  2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of brigandine.

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Etymology

Attested 1525, for a small rowing vessel, from earlier brigandyns, from Middle French brigandin, probably from Italian brigante (“skirmisher, pirate, brigand”), from Latin brigō (“to fight”).

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