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armoured cruiser

armoured cruiser is the alternative spelling 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.

Forms of armoured cruiser

pluralarmoured cruisers

Questions about armoured cruiser

What is armoured cruiser the alternative spelling of?
Armoured cruiser is the alternative spelling of armored cruiser.

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