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Fro⋅bish⋅er

[froh-bi-sher, frob-i-]
–noun
Sir Martin, 1535?–94, English navigator and explorer.
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Fro·bish·er   (frō'bĭ-shər, frŏb'ĭ-)   
English explorer who made three voyages to the Canadian Arctic (1576, 1577, and 1578) in search of the Northwest Passage.
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