crare

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/ˈkɹɛə(ɹ)/

noun

A slow unwieldy trading vessel.

OriginOld French craier ← Late Latin craiera →
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Meanings

nouncrare (plural crares)

plural crares · alternative craie · alternative cray · alternative crayer

  1. A slow unwieldy trading vessel.

    Who ever yet could sound thy bottom? find / The ooze, to show what coast thy sluggish crare / Might easiliest harbour in?

    1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]

Origin

  1. Late Latincraiera
  2. Old Frenchcraier
  3. Englishcrare

From Old French craier, creer, croyer (“ship of war”), Late Latin craiera, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic (compare German Krieger (“warrior”), or Dutch krijger).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with crare

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Anagrams

racercarerCarreCrearCerraRecar
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APA

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MLA

“crare.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crare. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crare,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crare.

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