mahone
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French mahonne, mahomme.
Noun[edit]
mahone (plural mahones)
- (historical) A large Turkish warship. [from 16th c.]
- 1680, Paul Rycaut, The History of the Turkish Empire […] :
- In this Charge one of the Turks Mahones was sunk , and two disabled
Translations[edit]
- Turkish: please add this translation if you can
References[edit]
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Mahone”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes VI, Part 2 (M–N), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 38, column 3.
- “mahone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mahone f (plural mahones)
- Alternative spelling of mahonne
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