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battleworthy

battleworthy adjective: fit for service in battle.

Adjective

battleworthy (comparative more battleworthy, superlative most battleworthy)

  1. Fit for service in battle.
    • "Oh yes, sir. Seaworthy enough with the weather moderating. And we'll have the holes patched in a brace of shakes." "Seaworthy but not battleworthy," said Krause.1955, C S Forester, The Good Shepherd
    • The Americans had proved themselves so eminently battleworthy in their first confrontals with the hard-pressing Germans that [Ferdinand] Foch wanted an American regiment attached to each French division as a stiffening element.1961, Richard O’Connor, “Cantigny . . . Belleau Wood . . . Soissons”, in Black Jack Pershing: A Candid Biography of the United States’ Only Six-Star General since George Washington, Garden City...

Forms of battleworthy

comparativemore battleworthy
superlativemost battleworthy

Origin of battleworthy

From battle + -worthy.

Questions about battleworthy

What does battleworthy mean?
Battleworthy means fit for service in battle.
What part of speech is battleworthy?
Battleworthy is an adjective.

Words near battleworthy in the dictionary

  1. battlewagons
  2. battleward
  3. battlewards
  4. battlewise
  5. battleworks
  6. battleworthy
  7. battlezone
  8. battlezones
  9. battlin'
  10. battling
  11. battling it out

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