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Meanings of frigate in English

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фрегат
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fragata
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fragata de misiles
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fragata
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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"
        Examples for "ff"
        1
        At this moment I introduce in the orchestra in F minor ff.
        Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1
        2
        And, as a lawyer, he uses the authority of Vergil, ff.
        Readings in the History of Education / Mediaeval Universities
        3
        To marry likewise our daughters when they are ripe, and no sooner, ff.
        Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3
        4
        VAGRANT: ff you look at God, you turn to stone.
        My Life, My Tapes
        5
        Seidenadel, The Language of the Bontoc Igorot, p. 491 ff.
        A Study in Tinguian Folk-Lore
        1
        RUSSIA Russia's navy sent a Baltic Fleet frigate, the Neustrashimy (Fearless), to the Gulf of Aden in September to combat pirates.
        Reuters
        1
        The king's mail came by a fast frigate.
        No Defense, Volume 2.
        2
        Can you deny that a seaman before the mast makes more in a fast frigate than a lieutenant can in a battleship?
        Rodney Stone
        3
        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
        Usage of frigate in English
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        One of the captains asked, 'Had the frigate already left the convoy?'
        Beyond the Reef
        2
        The frigate had moved ten million kilometers in-system from their rendezvous point.
        The Fall of Reach
        3
        The gale continued till the frigate was close in with the coast.
        The Heir of Kilfinnan: A Tale of the Shore and Ocean
        4
        A French naval frigate seized 11 buccaneers on Wednesday, foiling another attack.
        Reuters
        5
        Early in the morning the Merrimac appeared, moving toward the steam-frigate Minnesota.
        A Brief History of the United States
        6
        The French frigate was drawing in closer and closer to the fort.
        Ronald Morton; or, the Fire Ships: A Story of the Last Naval War
        7
        But there is a new frigate building and almost completed at Plymouth.
        Sword of Honour
        8
        The frigate drew nearer and nearer to it; still she flew ahead.
        Ronald Morton; or, the Fire Ships: A Story of the Last Naval War
        9
        When the sun rose he saw the frigate some twenty miles away.
        One of the 28th: A Tale of Waterloo
        10
        We sailed from the Cape in company with the Astree French frigate.
        A Voyage to the South Sea / Undertaken by command of His Majesty...
        11
        Immediately the anchor was raised, and the frigate set out in pursuit.
        The Naval History of the United States. Volume 1
        12
        While in the hospital, the frigate made a cruise, leaving me ashore.
        Ned Myers, or, a Life Before the Mast
        13
        Sir Sydney then pulled off in his small boat for the frigate.
        True Blue
        14
        The frigate answered, Not so; they neither have nor purpose to yield.
        Voyager's Tales
        15
        This was the popular name by which the frigate Constitution was known.
        The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Complete
        16
        Until that moment, none in the frigate were aware of our vicinity.
        Miles Wallingford / Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore"
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        fragatafragatas
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        fragata
        Frigate through the time
        Frigate across language varieties
        United Kingdom
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        United States of America
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