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- noun nautical A 16th century
Portuguese armed merchant ship
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Another caracca and two galliots received a number of faithful adherents, amounting, it is said, to eleven hundred and thirty, who followed their prince into exile.
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada Washington Irving 1821
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A caracca had been prepared at the port of Adra for
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada Washington Irving 1821
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