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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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