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The correct spelling is fireship.
How to pronounce fireship
noun
Say it like: Fir-esh-ip
The correct spelling is fireship. A sailing ship that has been set alight and left to drift into an opposing fleet. Famously used by Englishman Sir Francis Drake when fighting the Spanish Armada of 1588.
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Definition
noun
- 1.A sailing ship that has been set alight and left to drift into an opposing fleet. Famously used by Englishman Sir Francis Drake when fighting the Spanish Armada of 1588.
- 2.A diseased prostitute.
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