English Explanatory Dictionary

large light cruiser

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

large light cruiser large light cruisers

Etymology

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.

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