Armada
[ɑ:'mɑ:də]
Definition
(v. t.) A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Fleet (especially that of Spain against England in 1588), squadron, flotilla.
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Definition
n. a fleet of armed ships esp. the self-styled Invincible Armada sent by Philip II. against England in 1588.
Typist: Perry
Examples
- An Armada started from Toulon in May, 1798, captured Malta, and had the good luck to evade the British fleet and arrive at Alexandria. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Porter, of the most formidable armada ever collected for concentration upon one given point. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On the other hand, it may have been due to the fact that the Armada called for men, and the women had to go into the kitchen irrespective of conditions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We saw Tilbury Fort, and remembered the Spanish armada; Gravesend, Woolwich, and Greenwich, places which I had heard of even in my country. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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