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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

landship

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables
land-ship
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An armored combat vehicle; a tank.

Archaic

noun

A superheavy tank; supertank.

Archaic

Etymology

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

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Military.

Inflected Forms

landships (plural) land-ship (alternative) land ship (alternative)

Synonyms

land battleship land cruiser land ironclad

Questions

What does landship mean?
An armored combat vehicle; a tank.
Where does landship come from?
From land + ship. Contra Old English landsċipe (“countryside, region, tract of land”) and Modern English landscape. Displaced by tank.

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