Obs. rare. [In the two forms Argosie, Argosine, prob. ad. It. Raguseo, Ragusino, Ragusan: for initial Arg- cf. next.] ? A Ragusan.
1559. Contn. Fabyan, VII. 709. An argosie came from the batilment of the same churche, vpon a cable.
1565. Stow, Summarye (ed. 1), 208 b. an Argosie. Ibid. (1580), Chron., 1036. an Argosine.
1587. Fleming, Contn. Holinshed, III. 979/2. (quoting Stow) an Argosine.
1590. Stow, Summarie, 539. an Argosine.
1645. Howe, ed. Stowe’s Annals, 594/1. a man of the nation of Arragosa.
[a. 1650. Le Neve, Appendix, to Leland’s Collectanea (ed. 2), IV. 320. A Man, a Stranger, being a Native of Arragon.]
