a large sailing vessel of the 15th to the 17th centuries used as a fighting or merchant ship, square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and generally lateen-rigged on one or two after masts.
Origin of galleon
1520–30; <Spanish galeón, augmentative of galeagalley
Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the hedge fund Galleon Group, pursued a Wall Street lifestyle.
Charles Gasparino Details Insider-Trading Investigations in New Book, ‘Circle of Friends’|William O’Connor|July 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Yet, as the Gupta defense contended, Gupta ended up losing $10 million with Galleon.
Rajat Gupta Was Found Guilty of Insider Trading in Less Than a Day|Allan Dodds Frank|June 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
With Galleon buying millions of shares, the price of Hilton stock moved up that day much more than it would have otherwise.
Why Insider Trading Should Be Legalized|James Altucher|June 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Not long after that call, Galleon bought more than 80,000 shares of Goldman Sachs.
Rajat Gupta and Goldman's Insider Trading Bombshell|Allan Dodds Frank|March 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
“Less than a minute after the call began,” says the SEC, Galleon bought 40,000 more Goldman shares.
Rajat Gupta and Goldman's Insider Trading Bombshell|Allan Dodds Frank|March 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The galleon being disposed of, Drake and his men pulled ashore to look at the town.
English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century|James Anthony Froude
Had he not been in the Barbados in such a year, and had he not there captured the galleon Maria de las Dolores?
The Sea-Hawk|Raphael Sabatini
Altogether I know in a very short time they lost one hundred and twenty men—while I had not lost one on board the galleon.
Hurricane Hurry|W.H.G. Kingston
Accordingly, we set sail on the 15th of May, the general being now on board the galleon, his own ship.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume X|Robert Kerr
Some skulkers from the cannon-balls of the pirates might have sought safety in the hold of the galleon, and he would find them.
The Real America in Romance, Volume 6;|John R. Musick
British Dictionary definitions for galleon
galleon
/ (ˈɡælɪən) /
noun
nauticala large sailing ship having three or more masts, lateen-rigged on the after masts and square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast, used as a warship or trader from the 15th to the 18th centuries
Word Origin for galleon
C16: from Spanish galeón, from French galion, from Old French galiegalley