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noun Classical History.
a galley with three rows or tiers of oars on each side, one above another, used chiefly as a warship.
Origin:
1595–1605; < Latin trirēmis having three banks of oars, equivalent to tri- tri- + rēm(us) oar + -is adj. suffix
1595–1605; < Latin trirēmis having three banks of oars, equivalent to tri- tri- + rēm(us) oar + -is adj. suffix
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Trireme
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trireme
c.1600, "ancient ship with three rows of oars," from L. triremis, from tri- "three" + remus "oar."
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