Frigate
Frigate noun - A medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Sloop and frigate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sloop" instead a noun "Frigate".
Nearby Word: frig
Sloop
Sloop noun - A sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow.
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In 1801 Royal Navy officer Thomas Cochrane, commanding HMS Speedy (a tiny sloop) encountered the Spanish El Gamo frigate, around four times the size of the Speedy with six times the crew.
Source: Attack! Attack! Attack! - His entrance song is about how his sloop turned tail and fled from a formidable French frigate, which of course they could have taken on... but... um... decided not to, just now.
Source: Miles Gloriosus / Theater - The song is actually about a British sailor talking about his mates' kindness when their sloop turned tail and fled from a formidable French frigate, which of course they could have taken on... but... um... decided not to, just now.
Source: Theatre / Ruddigore
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