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armored cruiser

armored cruiser noun: a type of cruiser (the warship) common in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, carrying a small number of moderately-heavy main guns plus a large secondary battery of smaller guns and with armor protecting the sides and upper and lower decks, but lighter and with thinner armor and less powerful guns than a battleship; a mainstay of battle fleets around the turn of the 20th century, but displaced from this role by the more powerful battlecruiser after ca. 1908, becoming obsolescent by the time of WWI.

armored cruiser: a type of cruiser (the warship) common in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, carrying a small...
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Noun

armored cruiser (plural armored cruisers)

  1. A type of cruiser (the warship) common in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, carrying a small number of moderately-heavy main guns plus a large secondary battery of smaller guns and with armor protecting the sides and upper and lower decks, but lighter and with thinner armor and less powerful guns than a battleship; a mainstay of battle fleets around the turn of the 20th century, but displaced from this role by the more powerful battlecruiser after ca. 1908, becoming obsolescent by the time of WWI.

Forms of armored cruiser

pluralarmored cruisers
alternative formarmoured cruiser

Questions about armored cruiser

What does armored cruiser mean?
Armored cruiser means a type of cruiser (the warship) common in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, carrying a small number of moderately-heavy main guns plus a large secondary battery of smaller guns and with armor protecting the sides and upper and lower decks, but lighter and with thinner armor and less powerful guns than a battleship; a mainstay of battle fleets around the turn of the 20th century, but displaced from this role by the more powerful battlecruiser after ca. 1908, becoming obsolescent by the time of WWI.
What part of speech is armored cruiser?
Armored cruiser is a noun.
What is the plural of armored cruiser?
The plural of armored cruiser is armored cruisers.

Words near armored cruiser in the dictionary

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  4. armored combat vehicle
  5. armored combat vehicles
  6. armored cruiser
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  8. armored fighting vehicle
  9. armored fighting vehicles
  10. armored fist
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