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war-steamer

war-steamer noun: a steam-powered naval vessel designed for combat.

Noun

war-steamer (plural war-steamers)

  1. A steam-powered naval vessel designed for combat.
    • The only vessel it contained when we arrived was a Dutch brig, laden with coals for the use of a war-steamer, which was expected daily, on an exploring expedition along the coasts of New Guinea, for the purpose of fixing on a locality for a colony.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 304

Forms of war-steamer

pluralwar-steamers

Questions about war-steamer

What does war-steamer mean?
War-steamer means a steam-powered naval vessel designed for combat.
What part of speech is war-steamer?
War-steamer is a noun.
What is the plural of war-steamer?
The plural of war-steamer is war-steamers.

Words near war-steamer in the dictionary

  1. war-paints
  2. war-ravaged
  3. war-ridden
  4. war-room
  5. war-rooms
  6. war-steamer
  7. war-steamers
  8. war-time
  9. war-torn
  10. war-wearier
  11. war-weariest

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