Frobisher

[ froh-bi-sher, frob-i- ]

noun
  1. Sir Martin, 1535?–94, English navigator and explorer.

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How to use Frobisher in a sentence

  • The failure of Frobisher's quest for gold only drew the nobler spirits engaged in it to plans of colonisation.

    History of the English People | John Richard Green
  • Nor must we forget brave Martin Frobisher's fruitless voyages to Greenland in 1576-81.

    The Spanish Pioneers | Charles F. Lummis

British Dictionary definitions for Frobisher

Frobisher

/ (ˈfrəʊbɪʃə) /


noun
  1. Sir Martin . ?1535–94, English navigator and explorer: made three unsuccessful voyages in search of the Northwest Passage (1576; 1577; 1578), visiting Labrador and Baffin Island

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