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Meanings of fast frigate in English

Modern warship class designed to fulfill several roles independently or in support of naval forces or merchant convoys.

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        Examples for "ff"
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        At this moment I introduce in the orchestra in F minor ff.
        Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1
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        And, as a lawyer, he uses the authority of Vergil, ff.
        Readings in the History of Education / Mediaeval Universities
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        To marry likewise our daughters when they are ripe, and no sooner, ff.
        Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3
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        VAGRANT: ff you look at God, you turn to stone.
        My Life, My Tapes
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        Seidenadel, The Language of the Bontoc Igorot, p. 491 ff.
        A Study in Tinguian Folk-Lore
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        RUSSIA Russia's navy sent a Baltic Fleet frigate, the Neustrashimy (Fearless), to the Gulf of Aden in September to combat pirates.
        Reuters
        Usage of fast frigate in English
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        The king's mail came by a fast frigate.
        No Defense, Volume 2.
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        Can you deny that a seaman before the mast makes more in a fast frigate than a lieutenant can in a battleship?
        Rodney Stone
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        A fast frigate from Gibraltar carried the warning to Calder off Ferrol and to the Brest blockade, whence it reached London on April 25.
        A History of Sea Power
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