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galliot

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A light galley.

Equivalents

Españolgaleota
Portuguêsgaleota
2 more languages
Catalàgaliota

Examples

“Having seen the minutes of the proceedings on the capture⟳ of the galliot the Betsy of Washington, North Carolina, captain Reynold Brown, taken the 5th of this month by the French privateer le Poisson Volant (Flying Fish⟳) captain Thomas de Haunot—[…].”
“The Holy See⟳ received 19 galleys and two galliots, Spain was given 58 galleys and six galliots, while the Venetian share⟳ was 39 galleys and four galliots.”
“The galliots averaged about three hundred tons, and their cargo of Japanese silver must have⟳ equaled that carried by the Santa Catarina—that is, in excess of 1 million cruzados' worth.”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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