dromond

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A form of dromon — A Byzantine bireme, similar to the chelandion, but used primarily for naval combat.

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Meanings

noundromond (plural dromonds)

plural dromonds

  1. alternativeAlternative form of dromon.

    1868-1870, William Morris, The Earthly Paradise the great dromond swinging from the quay

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    The name of the ship was Dawn Treader. She was only a little bit of a thing compared with one of our ships, or even with the cogs, dromonds, carracks and galleons which Narnia had owned when Lucy and Edmund had reigned there under Peter as the High King, for nearly all navigation had died out in the reigns of Caspian's ancestors.

    1952, C. S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
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APA

dromond. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dromond

MLA

“dromond.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dromond. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dromond,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dromond.

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