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noun
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Also called Invincible Armada, Spanish Armada. the fleet sent against England by Philip II of Spain in 1588. It was defeated by the English navy and later dispersed and wrecked by storms.
2.
(lowercase) any fleet of warships.
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Armada
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example Sentences
- Their big weapon was a flying armada of predatory wasps.
- Most of those who drifted down the red carpet wore enough silk and billowing tulle to keep an armada asail.
- The event has become one more opportunity for an armada of sleek sailboats to get back into top racing form.
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| Armada (ɑːˈmɑːdə) | |
| —n | |
| the Armada See Spanish Armada | |
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Word Origin & History
armada
"fleet of warships," 1530s, from Sp. armada "an armed force," from M.L. armata (see army). Especially of the "Invincible Armada" of Philip II of Spain (1588).
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