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Meaning of Zebec | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A Balkan surname from Serbo-Croatian.
  2. Alternative spelling of xebec.
    alt-of, alternative

Equivalents

العربية قارب شراعي

Examples

“Soon after this time he [John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent] was put into the Experiment as acting captain, on account of a ſhort indiſpoſition which attacked ſir Richard Strachan, and ſignalized himſelf in the moſt remarkable manner during an action with a very large zebec, carrying 26 heavy guns and 400 men.”

CEFR level

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