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ARGOSY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does argosy mean? 

ARGOSY (noun)
  The noun ARGOSY has 1 sense:

1. one or more large merchant shipsplay

  Familiarity information: ARGOSY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ARGOSY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One or more large merchant ships

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("argosy" is a kind of...):

fleet (a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership)


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