GRE Word List
GALLEON
a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
The meaning of the word galleon is a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish.
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