Galleon
noun
A large sailing ship used in the past by Spanish and Portuguese for trade or war.
The Spanish galleon was loaded with gold and silver from the New World.
Often appears as...
- spanish galleon
- galleon ship
Usage tips
Historical
noun
A large sailing ship used in the past by Spanish and Portuguese for trade or war.
The Spanish galleon was loaded with gold and silver from the New World.
Often appears as...
- spanish galleon
- galleon ship
Usage tips
Historical
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Use
Galleons are from an era of exploration and colonization, mainly the 16th to 18th centuries.
The Spanish galleon was pivotal during the Age of Discovery.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Symbol
Galleons often symbolize adventure, treasure, and historical sea voyages in stories and films.
Treasure hunters dream of finding a lost galleon's riches.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Modern
Galleon is not used to refer to contemporary ships, only historical ones.
She mistook the old ship for a galleon, but it was too modern.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Use
Galleons are from an era of exploration and colonization, mainly the 16th to 18th centuries.
The Spanish galleon was pivotal during the Age of Discovery.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Symbol
Galleons often symbolize adventure, treasure, and historical sea voyages in stories and films.
Treasure hunters dream of finding a lost galleon's riches.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Modern
Galleon is not used to refer to contemporary ships, only historical ones.
She mistook the old ship for a galleon, but it was too modern.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Use
Galleons are from an era of exploration and colonization, mainly the 16th to 18th centuries.
The Spanish galleon was pivotal during the Age of Discovery.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Symbol
Galleons often symbolize adventure, treasure, and historical sea voyages in stories and films.
Treasure hunters dream of finding a lost galleon's riches.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Modern
Galleon is not used to refer to contemporary ships, only historical ones.
She mistook the old ship for a galleon, but it was too modern.
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Video examples
History's "worst" nun -...
by posing the most difficult questions they could muster. But Juana successfully answered every challenge, from complicated equations to philosophical queries. Observers would later liken the scene to “a royal galleon fending off a few canoes.”
Video examples
Barry Clifford: Pirate...
Geographic magazine you know of all the treasures in the world it's the only documented pirate treasure period all of the treasures that we've heard about you know in the Caribbean it's not pirate treasure Spanish galleons this is real
Video examples
History's "worst" nun -...
by posing the most difficult questions they could muster. But Juana successfully answered every challenge, from complicated equations to philosophical queries. Observers would later liken the scene to “a royal galleon fending off a few canoes.”
Video examples
Barry Clifford: Pirate...
Geographic magazine you know of all the treasures in the world it's the only documented pirate treasure period all of the treasures that we've heard about you know in the Caribbean it's not pirate treasure Spanish galleons this is real
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Heart Evangelista
Filipino Actress
My maternal great-grandfather Don Juan del Gallego was a Spanish adventurer from Asturias, Spain. He sailed on a galleon ship to the Philippines. He then went to the Bicol region to build a town that eventually became known as Del Gallego.
Quote examples
Alfred Noyes
English Poet
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.
Quote examples
Heart Evangelista
Filipino Actress
My maternal great-grandfather Don Juan del Gallego was a Spanish adventurer from Asturias, Spain. He sailed on a galleon ship to the Philippines. He then went to the Bicol region to build a town that eventually became known as Del Gallego.
Quote examples
Alfred Noyes
English Poet
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.
Example 1 of 2
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