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An English ship. Now historical.
An English ship. Obsolete. rare.
(a) Australian one who has lately made the voyage from England; a ‘new chum’ (cf. quot. 1859 at sense a). (b) U.S. a British sailor or ship, so…
U.S. An English ship; an English (or British) sailor; hence gen., an Englishman, a Briton. Also attributive.