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Argosy
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(a corruption, by transposition of letters, of the name of the seaport Ragusa), the term originally for a carrack or merchant ship from Ragusa and other Adriatic ports, now used poetically of any vessel carrying rich merchandise. In English writings of the 16th century the seaport named is variously spelt Ragusa, Aragouse or Aragosa, and ships coming thence were named Ragusyes, Arguzes and Argosies; the last form surviving and passing into literature. The incorrect derivation from Jason's ship, the "Argo," is of modern origin.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Argosy'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/argosy.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Argosy'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/argosy.html. 1910.
