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Meaning of bilander | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈbɪləndɚ/

Definitions

A small two-masted merchant vessel, used near the coast or in canals, mostly in the Netherlands.

historical

Examples

“Why choose we, then, like bilanders to creep / Along the coast, and land in view to keep?”
“it being fine weather, all the bilanders and fiſhing boats, that had returned after the first imbarkation, into the harbour, went out again with another body of troops”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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