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armada (iou)



armada noun. Also armado, pl. -o(e)s. M16.
[Spanish from Proto-Romance armata ARMY: see -ADE.]
1. A fleet of warships. M16.
b. spec. (Armada.) = Spanish Armada s.v. SPANISH adjective. L16.
2. A single warship. L16-M17.
3. transf. & fig. A large army or airborne force; a large fleet of vessels of any kind. E18.
Lytton Nor was the naval unworthy of the land armada. C. Ryan As the long sky trains swarmed out over the English Channel..a new kind of expectancy began to permeate the armada.
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