Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large merchant ship.
- noun A fleet of ships.
- noun A rich source or supply.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large merchant vessel, especially one carrying a rich freight.
- noun A fleet of ships.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A merchant ship.
- noun A merchant
flotilla ,fleet . - noun Popular
anglicism of the Argonautika of Apollonios Rhodios. - noun A collection of lore.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one or more large merchant ships
Etymologies
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Mediterranean and from them is derived the word "argosy," signifying
The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) The War Begins, Invasion of Belgium, Battle of the Marne Francis Trevelyan Miller 1902
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Looking at the first sense of "argosy," you might assume that this word is a close relative of "argonaut," but that isn't the case.
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A broadening of meaning and another shift in spelling gave us "argosy," denoting any merchant vessel or rich store.
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Looking at the first sense of "argosy," you might assume that this word is a close relative of "argonaut," but that isn't the case.
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A broadening of meaning and another shift in spelling gave us "argosy," denoting any merchant vessel or rich store.
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Fastidiously the draught which we did thirst for; A rusted nail, placed near the faithful compass, Will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.
The Talisman 2008
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Is that a star? or the lamp that gleams On some outward voyaging argosy, -
'Everything Is a Mystery' Simic, Charles 2008
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By degrees, smoke began to issue from the sides of the great Grecian argosy, and the voice of Tancred announced to his soldiers that the
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The well-known captain of an East Indian vessel lately arrived from Britain was sedulously polite to her; and two or three gentlemen, whom Hartley knew to be engaged in trade, tended upon her as they would have done upon the safety of a rich argosy.
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sionnach commented on the word argosy
a large merchant ship. Word derives from the port city of Ragusa, on the Adriatic (now Dubrovnik)
February 26, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word argosy
Usage note on poop. No, really.
March 16, 2008
yarb commented on the word argosy
...this grand argosy we towed heavily forged along, as if laden with piglead in bulk.
- Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 64
July 26, 2008
madmouth commented on the word argosy
see argonaut also
April 11, 2009
bilby commented on the word argosy
We are the deathless dreamers of the world.
Errant and sad, our argosies must go
On barren quests and all the winds that blow
Lure us to battle where tall seas are hurled.
- Walter Adolphe Roberts, 'The Dreamers'.
September 23, 2009
bilby commented on the word argosy
Probably a sign of the word's modern relevance that almost all tweets come from gibberish engines.
January 27, 2016
bilby commented on the word argosy
Note that there's also a lovely Ragusa in Sicily.
January 27, 2016