battlecruiser
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English
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Etymology
Blend of battleship + cruiser, from being a cruiser-like ship with battleship-like capabilities and possibly operating in the battleline.
Noun
battlecruiser (plural battlecruisers)
- (military, nautical) A fast warship with thicker armor and heavier guns than a typical cruiser, but with armor, armament, or both still inferior to that of a dreadnought battleship; designed to act as an advanced scout of the battle fleet and to destroy enemy cruisers.
- Synonyms: supercruiser, cruiser-killer, large cruiser
- Coordinate terms: assault cruiser, command cruiser, fast battleship, large light cruiser, strike cruiser
- (fiction) A warship of intermediate size and/or capability between a heavy cruiser and a (light) battleship.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A boozer; a public house.
- 2014, Steve Wilson, The Twelve Doors of Christmas Avenue, page 9:
- So he'd effectively had to learn a new language; no longer would he order a pint at the 'battle cruiser' […]
Translations
type of warship
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