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Definition of Spanish armada
1. Noun. The great fleet sent from Spain against England by Philip II in 1588.
Definition of Spanish armada
1. Proper noun. the fleet of war ships sent by Philip II of Spain against England in 1588 ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spanish Armada
Literary usage of Spanish 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. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1906)
"In the case of the destruction of the spanish armada by Atlantic seas, chiefly
on the west coast of Ireland, the event was of such supreme importance in ..."
3. A History of the United States by William Coligny Doub (1906)
"Defeat of spanish armada.—These acts so enraged the Spanish king, Philip II, that
he determined to invade England and annex it to his kingdom. ..."
4. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1904)
"The spanish armada, AD 1588; or, The attempt of Philip II. and Pope Sixtus V. to
... State papers relating to the defeat of the spanish armada anno 1588; ..."
5. A History of the United States by William Coligny Doub (1905)
"Defeat of spanish armada. — These acts so enraged the Spanish king, Philip II,
that he determined to invade England and annex it to his kingdom. ..."
6. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1906)
"... and destroyed the mighty fleet, and "the northern ocean even to the frozen
Thule was scattered with the proud shipwrecks of the spanish armada. ..."
7. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1906)
"... with the proud shipwrecks of the spanish armada."' A deathblow was given to
the hopes of the enemies of Protestant England (1588). ..."
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