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drom⋅ond

  [drom-uhnd, druhm-]
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–noun
a large, fast-sailing ship of the Middle Ages.
Also, drom⋅on  [drom-uhn, druhm-] .

Origin:
1300–50; ME dromund < AF dromund, dromo(u)n < LL dromō, s. dromōn- < Gk drómōn swift ship, deriv. of drómos a running
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drom·ond   (drŏm'ənd, drŭm'-)   
n.   Nautical
A large medieval sailing galley.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman dromund, from Late Latin dromō, dromōn-, a kind of ship, from Late Greek dromōn, from Greek dromos, race.]
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