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galleon
noun
gal·le·on
ˈga-lē-ən 
: 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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galleon
noun
gal·le·on
ˈgal-ē-ən
: a large sailing ship with square sails used from the 1400s to the 1700s especially by the Spanish
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