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- French · derived fromvaisseau rasé
- English todayrazee
From French vaisseau rasé, from raser (“to rase, to cut down ships”). See raze and rase (verbs).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
razee
Today it means: An armed ship with its upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, such as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate. Full definition →
French vaisseau rasé