English Explanatory Dictionary

landship

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An armored combat vehicle; a tank.
  2. A superheavy tank; supertank.

Word forms

landship landships land-ship land ship

Etymology

From land + ship. Contra Old English landsċipe (“countryside, region, tract of land”) and Modern English landscape. Displaced by tank.

Synonyms

land battleship land cruiser land ironclad
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