ARGOSY


Meaning of ARGOSY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈär-gə-sē ]

noun

( 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.