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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large warship with lighter armor but greater maneuverability than a battleship.
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- noun military A
fast , relatively lightlyarmoured cruiserdesigned to act as an advancedscout of the battlefleet ; a development of the Dreadnoughtbattleships
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- noun a cruiser of maximum speed and firepower
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