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Webster 1913 Edition

Quinquereme

Quin′que-reme

,

Noun.

[L.

quinqueremis

;

quinque

five +

remus

an oar: cf. F.

quinquérème

]

A galley having five benches or banks of oars;

as, an Athenian

quinquereme

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Quinquereme

QUIN'QUEREME

,

Noun.

[L. quinque, five, and remus, oar.]

A galley having five seats or rows of oars.