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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle French mahonne, mahomme.
Noun
mahone (plural mahones)
- (historical) A large Turkish warship.
1680, Paul Rycaut, The History of the Turkish Empire :In this Charge one of the Turks Mahones was sunk , and two disabled
Translations
- Turkish: please add this translation if you can
References
- 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
Pronunciation
Noun
mahone f (plural mahones)
- Alternative spelling of mahonne