Fireship

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounA sailing ship that has been set alight and left to drift into an opposing fleet. Famously used by Englishman Sir Francis Drake when fighting the Spanish Armada of 1588.

2.nounA diseased prostitute.

Synonyms

pirateship floating light pirate ship shipentine frigate sailship drake fire pike q-ship spyship fireball floating beacon

Rhymes With

priorship fire ship squireship entire ship

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