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: a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
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Arquiste’s best-selling Nanban, for instance, conjures the aroma of a 17th-century galleon laden with coffee, leather, and saffron, while L’Or de Louis evokes the atmosphere of an orangerie at Versailles.
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April Long, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
Alas, as anyone who’s ever played a JRPG might expect of a journey aboard a massive flying galleon, the Sullys’ convoy is attacked in the sky, and their family is scattered into a small handful of different factions that spend the rest of the movie trying to reunite.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
The galleon, which sank in the Caribbean Sea in 1708 during an attack by a British fleet, has been the subject of intense scrutiny and international disputes since it was discovered in 2015.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 Nov. 2025
Colombian researchers located the galleon in 2015, leading to legal and diplomatic disputes.
—CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
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April Long, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
Alas, as anyone who’s ever played a JRPG might expect of a journey aboard a massive flying galleon, the Sullys’ convoy is attacked in the sky, and their family is scattered into a small handful of different factions that spend the rest of the movie trying to reunite.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
The galleon, which sank in the Caribbean Sea in 1708 during an attack by a British fleet, has been the subject of intense scrutiny and international disputes since it was discovered in 2015.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 Nov. 2025
Colombian researchers located the galleon in 2015, leading to legal and diplomatic disputes.
—CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for galleon
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“Galleon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/galleon. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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galleon
noun
gal·le·on
ˈgal-ē-ən 
: a large sailing ship with square sails used from the 1400s to the 1700s especially by the Spanish
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