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large light cruiser

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
large -light cruis-er
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

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.

Inflected Forms

large light cruisers (plural)

Questions

What does large light cruiser mean?
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.
Where does large light cruiser come from?
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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