frigate

Definition of Frigate in English :

1. frigate

a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries

2. frigate

a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Frigate

noun

1.

a medium-sized square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries

2.

a. British

a warship larger than a corvette and smaller than a destroyer

b. US

(formerly) a warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser

c. US

a small escort vessel

noun

1.

a fast, medium-sized sailing warship of the 18th and early 19th cent., which carried from 24 to 60 guns

2.

a Brit. warship between a corvette and a destroyer

3.

a.

until 1975, a U.S. warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a light cruiser

b.

since 1975, a U.S. warship smaller than a destroyer, used chiefly for escort duty

n.

1. A warship that is smaller than a destroyer and used primarily for escort duty.

2. A high-speed, medium-sized sailing war vessel of the 1600s, 1700s, and 1800s.

3. Obsolete A fast, light vessel, such as a sailboat.