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corvette
/kɔɹˈvɛt/
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What does corvette mean?
noun
- In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.
- A starship of comparable role
- A type of sports car, manufactured by Chevrolet from 1953 to present.
More meanings (1)
noun
- (historical) A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; called in the United States navy a sloop-of-war.
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IPA pronunciation
/kɔɹˈvɛt/
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There I found Commodore Gregory in the flagship corvette Portsmouth, and reported to him.
The corvette advanced some minutes to westward, and the apparatus, provided with air, bore the same explorers to the depths of the ocean.
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On the way he fell in with a French squadron bound for its relief, and consisting of the GENEREUX seventy-four, three frigates, and a corvette.
The captain of the corvette weighed anchor towards evening.
It was eventually determined that he should qualify himself to enter the royal navy, and at seventeen he was nominated to serve in a corvette as "volontaire d'honneur."