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bergantín.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
bergantín.
Principal English Translation: 

brigantine, a ship or boat built for use in war (see attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
vergantin
Attestations from sources in English: 

Españoles ic valietiaque in vergantines, quinvaltocaque in acaltica = Spaniards came with the brigantines, pursuing those who were in boats.
James Lockhart, We People Here: Nahuatl Accounts of the Conquest of Mexico, Repertorium Columbianum v. 1 (Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 1993), 192.

themes: 
Imperialism (Spanish)
Marine, Maritime, Lacustrine
War, Conflict