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Brigand vs Brigantine - What's the difference?

brigand | brigantine |

As nouns the difference between brigand and brigantine

is that brigand is an outlaw or bandit while brigantine is (nautical) a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast or brigantine can be .

brigand

English

(Brigandage)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An outlaw or bandit.

    • Related terms

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    Anagrams

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    brigantine

    English

    (wikipedia brigantine)

    Etymology 1

    1525, a small rowing vessel, brigandyns'', from (etyl) ''brigandin'', probably from Italian ''brigante'' - skirmisher, pirate, brigand, from Latin ''brigare to fight.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.
    • Synonyms
    * hermaphrodite brig (the synonymy is controversial )

    Etymology 2

    Variant forms.

    Noun

    (en noun)
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