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gal•le•on
Pronunciation: (gal'ē-un, gal'yun), [key]—
n.
a large sailing vessel of the 15th to the 17th centuries used as a fighting or merchant ship, square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and generally lateen-rigged on one or two after masts.
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