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Word: Carrack
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French caraque; perhaps from Spanish carraca, from Arabic, perhaps from qarāqir, plural of qurqūra, a type of merchant ship
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkarək
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a large merchant ship of a kind operating in European waters from the 14th to the 17th century.
Short Definition:large merchant ship of kind operating in European waters from 14th to 17th century
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