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Zebec

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Balkan surname from Serbo-Croatian.
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of xebec. alt-of, alternative

    "Soon after this time he [John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent] was put into the Experiment as acting captain, on account of a ſhort indiſpoſition which attacked ſir Richard Strachan, and ſignalized himſelf in the moſt remarkable manner during an action with a very large zebec, carrying 26 heavy guns and 400 men."

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Zebec.

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