battle-cruiser
English
noun
Definitions
- (military) A type of warship at least as large as a battleship, and of greater speed, but with less armour and fewer guns. Introduced ca. 1908 and forming the leading squadrons of WWI battle fleets but obsolescent by WWII, having been replaced by the "fast battleship" type.
- In fiction, a warship of intermediate capability between cruisers and battleships
Etymology
Compound from English battle (fruitful, n. attr, fertile) + English cruiser.
Origin
English
cruiser
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- battailous English
- battle English
- battlebus English
- battledress English
- battlefield English
- battlefront English
- battleground English
- battlegroup English
- battleline English
- battlemage English
- battleplan English
- battleplane English
- battler English
- battleship English
- battlesome English
- battlespace English
- battlest English
- battlesuit English
- battleth English
- battlewagon English
- battleward English
- battlewards English
- battleworks English
- battleworthy English
- battlezone English
- cruise English
- cruiser English
- cruiserweight English
- cyberbattle English
- gunbattle English
- main battle tank English
- midbattle English
- minibattle English
- nonbattle English
- outbattle English
- overbattle English
- postbattle English
- prebattle English
- starcruiser English
- баттл Russian
- batel Middle English
- battle
- cruise
- cruiser
- battler
- battleth
- battlest
- gunbattle
- midbattle
- prebattle
- battlebus
- nonbattle
- outbattle
- battleward
- battleline
- battlesome
- overbattle
- battlesuit
- battlezone
- battlemage
- battleship
- battleplan
- postbattle
- minibattle
- battailous
- starcruiser
- battleworks
- cyberbattle
- battlespace
- battlefront
- battlefield
- battlegroup
- battlewards
- battleplane
- battlewagon
- battledress
- battleworthy
- battleground
- cruiserweight
- main battle tank