n.
Pronunciation: ' är-g ə -s ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -sies
Etymology: modification of Italian ragusea Ragusan vessel, from Ragusa, Dalmatia (now Dubrovnik, Croatia)
Date: 1581
1 : a large ship especially : a large merchant ship <three of your argosies are ⋯ come to harbor ― Shakespeare>
2 : a fleet of ships
3 : a rich supply <an argosy of railway folklore ― F. P. Donovan>