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Definition of Armada
1. Noun. A large fleet.
Definition of Armada
1. n. A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.
Definition of Armada
1. Proper noun. The Spanish Armada which sailed against England in 1588 ¹
2. Noun. A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada. ¹
3. Noun. Any large army or fleet of military vessels. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Armada
1. a fleet of warships [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Armada
Literary usage of Armada
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"177), and apparently on no other grounds than local tradition, to have fitted
out a ship against the Spanish armada in 1588, to have sailed from Beaumaris ..."
2. History of the United Netherlands, from the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1900)
"... vast but vague schemes of conquest—The armada sails— Description of the
fleet—The junction with Parma unprovided for —The galo off Finisterre—Exploits ..."
3. Drake and the Tudor Navy: With a History of the Rise of England as a by Julian Stafford Corbett (1898)
"It is nothing but a summary, and throws no light on the nature of the
actions (Laughton, Defeat of the armada, i. 358). A week later, August 7, Howard, ..."
4. A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens, Allan Ferguson Westcott (1920)
"The progressiveness of English ship construction is highly significant, for to
it may be attributed in large measure the armada victory. ..."
5. The History of England by James Mackintosh, William Wallace, Robert Bell (1835)
"The orders of Philip, and the evil genius of the armada, prevailed. The duke of
Medina, on approaching England, called a council of war, and opened his ..."
6. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1905)
"and in men; and without further fighting the armada ran on to Calais, ...
The armada must be driven into the North Sea, past the coast of Flanders, ..."
7. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1905)
"and in men; and without further fighting the armada ran on to Calais, ...
The armada must be driven into the North Sea, past the coast of Flanders, ..."
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