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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PENTECONTER

n.[from the Greek. ] A Grecian vessel of fifty oars, smaller than a trireme.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PENTECONTER

Pen "te *con `ter, n. Etym: [Gr. (Gr. Antiq.)

 

Defn: A Grecian vessel with fifty oars. [Written also pentaconter. ]