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large light cruiser

large light cruiser noun: a very large, fast warship with a relatively-shallow draft and minimal belt armor, carrying a relatively-small number of very heavy guns; sometimes classed as a type of battlecruiser.

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Noun

large light cruiser (plural large light cruisers)

  1. (historical) A very large, fast warship with a relatively-shallow draft and minimal belt armor, carrying a relatively-small number of very heavy guns; sometimes classed as a type of battlecruiser.

Forms of large light cruiser

plurallarge light cruisers

Origin of large light cruiser

From Admiral John Fisher's use of subterfuge to evade a Royal Navy moratorium on the construction of new capital ships by declaring ships of this type to be large versions of light cruisers.

Questions about large light cruiser

What does large light cruiser mean?
Large light cruiser means a very large, fast warship with a relatively-shallow draft and minimal belt armor, carrying a relatively-small number of very heavy guns; sometimes classed as a type of battlecruiser.
What part of speech is large light cruiser?
Large light cruiser is a noun.
What is the plural of large light cruiser?
The plural of large light cruiser is large light cruisers.

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