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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DROMOND

From Anglo-French dromund, ultimately from Late Greek dromōn light swift ship, from dromos a running.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DROMOND

dromond  [ˈdrɒmənd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DROMOND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dromond is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DROMOND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dromond

Dromon

A dromon was a type of galley and the most important warship of the Byzantine navy from the 5th to 12th centuries AD, when they were succeeded by Italian-style galleys. It was developed from the ancient liburnian, which was the mainstay of the Roman navy during the Empire. Middle English dromond and Old French dromont are derived from the dromon, and described any particularly large medieval ship.

Definition of dromond in the English dictionary

The definition of dromond in the dictionary is a large swift sailing vessel of the 12th to 15th centuries.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DROMOND


almond
ˈɑːmənd
Desmond
ˈdɛzmənd
diamond
ˈdaɪəmənd
Dortmund
ˈdɔːtmənd
Edmund
ˈɛdmənd
gormand
ˈɡɔːmənd
gourmand
ˈɡʊəmənd
Hammond
ˈhæmənd
Helmand
ˈhɛlmənd
Lomond
ˈləʊmənd
Ormonde
ˈɔːmənd
osmund
ˈɒzmənd
Redmond
ˈrɛdmənd
Richmond
ˈrɪtʃmənd
Salmond
ˈsæmənd
Sigismund
ˈsɪɡɪsmənd
Sigmund
ˈsɪɡmənd
towmond
ˈtəʊmənd
unsummoned
ʌnˈsʌmənd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DROMOND

droll
drolleries
drollery
drollish
drollness
drolly
dromedaries
dromedary
dromic
dromon
dromophobia
dromos
drone
drone aircraft
droner
drongo
drongo shrike
droning
droningly
dronish

WORDS THAT END LIKE DROMOND

Ben Lomond
black diamond
blood diamond
burnt almond
conflict diamond
false diamond
Garamond
industrial diamond
Jordan almond
Loch Lomond
mappemond
rose diamond
rough diamond
sugar almond
sugared almond

Synonyms and antonyms of dromond in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dromond» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DROMOND

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The translations of dromond from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dromond» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

dromond
1,325 millions of speakers

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dromond
570 millions of speakers

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dromond
510 millions of speakers

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dromond
380 millions of speakers
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dromond
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

dromond
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dromond
270 millions of speakers

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dromond
260 millions of speakers

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dromond
220 millions of speakers

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Dromond
190 millions of speakers

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Dromond
180 millions of speakers

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dromond
130 millions of speakers

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dromond
85 millions of speakers

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Dromond
85 millions of speakers
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dromond
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dromond
75 millions of speakers

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ड्रमॉन्ड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dromond
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dromond
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dromond
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

dromond
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dromond
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

dromond
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

dromond
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

dromond
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

dromond
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dromond

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DROMOND»

The term «dromond» is used very little and occupies the 178.788 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DROMOND» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dromond

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DROMOND»

Discover the use of dromond in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dromond and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Viking Age: A Reader, Second Edition
But to my way of thinking, if we get in close to the dromond, and lie broadside to it , most of their weapons will fall beyond our ship. And ifthings don't work out that way, we can always sail away quickly, for the people on the dromond aren't ...
Angus A. Somerville, R. Andrew McDonald, 2014
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Icelandic Sagas, Vol. III: The Orkneyingers Saga
Butwhenthose who were on boardthe Dromond saw that ships were rowing up to them, andthat men meant to makean onslaught on them, they tooksilken stuffsand costly goods andhung them out onthe bulwarks, and then made great ...
George W. Dasent, 2014
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The Viking Age: A Reader
“lord bishop,” he said, “and erling my kinsman, i've called you here to ask if you can think of any ruse or strategy for defeating the people aboard the dromond?” “ Your best plan would be to grapple the bulwark with battle-axes,” re- plied the ...
Russell Andrew McDonald, Angus A. Somerville, 2010
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Icelandic Sagas and Other Historical Documents Relating to ...
made no way with their onslaught, the bishop shoved All 1152' his ship off and two others, and they picked out and Thebislmp . clears her sent thither their bowmen, and they lay within shot, and decks by shot thence at the Dromond, and then ...
‎2012
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Middle English Dictionary
Also dromidarie, dromidare, dromider, dromodari(e & dromendari, dromondari(e. P1. dromedaries, dromedarien. [L dromedarius & OF dromedaire; ult. Gr. Forms with -n- are due to confusion with dromdund; cp. ML dromedarius dromond.] ...
Hans Kurath, Sherman McAllister Kuhn, 1963
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Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
The testament, tetamentar, and inventar of the gudis, geir, sowmes of money, and debtis pertaining to vmqll Mr Wm. Dromond of I-Iawthornden, the tyme of his deeeis, quha deciest in the moneth of &c. in the yeir of God l6 &c. yeiris ; faithfullie ...
7
The Story Of Grettir The Strong:
41. Of. Thorstein. Dromond's. Arms,. And. What. He. Deemed. They. MightDo. NOW Grettir waswithThorstein forthe rest ofthewinter and oninto the spring; and it befell one morning, asthose brothers,Thorsteinand Grettir, lay in their sleepingloft , ...
Eirikr Magnusson And Willam Morris, 2014
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The Statutes at large
Assembly for damages in a castfwherein he had judg- j^0TM0"^^" ment the last Assembly against Mr. William Dromond TMacesa"ar who was attornie of the Coheires of Basse, It is ordered, That the said Dromond pay vnto the said Bland two ...
Virginia, 1823
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Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney
A Norse saga recounts the conquest of the northern Scottish isles by the Viking kings of Norway during the ninth century
Hermann Pálsson, Paul Geoffrey Edwards, 1981
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A Directory to the Market Towns: Villages, Gentlemen's ...
.Antrim Ballymenagh l D. Birney, ещ; Dromond . Тут Tyrone Dungannon _4 aptainShuter-nff_: Dromond . Tyrone Aughnacloy hn Moore, щ. . 1.11, „ Dromond ne ,„ Armagh Armagh à Town-land Dromonds . . „_ Antrim Ballycantle,I Town- land А ...
Ambrose Leet, 1814

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DROMOND»

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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wordbook
... of the 'Dawn Treader' allows him to make play with such terms as poop, forecastle, jury-mast (a mast which is jury-rigged), and dromond. «OUPblog, Dec 10»

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