Noun
battlecruiser (plural battlecruisers)
- (military, nautical) A fast warship with thicker armor and heavier guns than a typical cruiser, but with armor, armament, or both still inferior to that of a dreadnought battleship; designed to act as an advanced scout of the battle fleet and to destroy enemy cruisers.
- Synonyms: supercruiser, cruiser-killer, large cruiser
- Coordinate terms: assault cruiser, command cruiser, fast battleship, large light cruiser, strike cruiser
- US Navy hull classification symbol: CC (Only used for the cancelled Lexington-class)
- (fiction) A warship of intermediate size and/or capability between a heavy cruiser and a (light) battleship.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A boozer; a public house.
2014, Steve Wilson, The Twelve Doors of Christmas Avenue, page 9:So he'd effectively had to learn a new language; no longer would he order a pint at the 'battle cruiser' […]
Translations
type of warship
- Czech: bitevní křižník (cs) m
- Esperanto: batalkrozoŝipo
- Finnish: taisteluristeilijä (fi)
- French: croiseur de bataille (fr) m
- German: Schlachtkreuzer m
- Greek: καταδρομικό μάχης n (katadromikó máchis), βαρύ καταδρομικό n (varý katadromikó)
- Hebrew: סַיֶּרֶת מַעֲרָכָה (he) f (sayeret ma'arakha), סַיֶּרֶת קְרָב (he) f (sayeret krav)
- Persian: رزمناو (razm-nâv)
- Polish: krążownik liniowy (pl) m
- Russian: лине́йный кре́йсер (ru) m (linéjnyj kréjser)
- Swedish: slagkryssare (sv) c
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