Word.ws English Dictionary

cruiser tank

cruiser tank noun: one of a British class of fast, lightly armoured and lightly armed tanks of the 1930s and 1940s designed for flanking and manoeuvring to attack the enemy rear and supply lines.

Noun

cruiser tank (plural cruiser tanks)

  1. (historical) One of a British class of fast, lightly armoured and lightly armed tanks of the 1930s and 1940s designed for flanking and manoeuvring to attack the enemy rear and supply lines.
    Synonyms:
    cavalry tank

Synonyms of cruiser tank

  • cavalry tank

Forms of cruiser tank

pluralcruiser tanks

Origin of cruiser tank

Compound of cruiser + tank, named after the type of military ship.

Questions about cruiser tank

What does cruiser tank mean?
Cruiser tank means one of a British class of fast, lightly armoured and lightly armed tanks of the 1930s and 1940s designed for flanking and manoeuvring to attack the enemy rear and supply lines.
What part of speech is cruiser tank?
Cruiser tank is a noun.
What is the plural of cruiser tank?
The plural of cruiser tank is cruiser tanks.

Words near cruiser tank in the dictionary

  1. cruisegoers
  2. cruiselike
  3. cruiseliner
  4. cruiseliners
  5. cruiser
  6. cruiser tank
  7. cruiser tanks
  8. cruisers
  9. cruiserweight
  10. cruiserweights
  11. cruises

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cruiser tank (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “cruiser tank.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/cruiser_tank. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.