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armored cruisers

armored cruisers is the plural of armored cruiser.

Meaning of armored cruiser

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.

Questions about armored cruisers

What is armored cruisers the plural of?
Armored cruisers is the plural of armored cruiser.

Words near armored cruisers in the dictionary

  1. armored combat fighting
  2. armored combat fights
  3. armored combat vehicle
  4. armored combat vehicles
  5. armored cruiser
  6. armored cruisers
  7. armored fighting vehicle
  8. armored fighting vehicles
  9. armored fist
  10. armored fists
  11. armored personnel carrier

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