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pre-dreadnoughts

pre-dreadnoughts is the plural of pre-dreadnought.

Meaning of pre-dreadnought

Noun

pre-dreadnought (plural pre-dreadnoughts)

  1. (historical) A late-19th-century or early-20th-century battleship with a small number of big guns (typically no more than four) and a large number of quick-firing medium-caliber guns. It was made largely obsolete in 1906 by the dreadnought type of battleship.

Questions about pre-dreadnoughts

What is pre-dreadnoughts the plural of?
Pre-dreadnoughts is the plural of pre-dreadnought.

Words near pre-dreadnoughts in the dictionary

  1. pre-distortion
  2. pre-distortions
  3. pre-distressed
  4. pre-drank
  5. pre-dreadnought
  6. pre-dreadnoughts
  7. pre-drink
  8. pre-drinking
  9. pre-drinks
  10. pre-drunk
  11. pre-E

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