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Armored cruiser
Meaning
Noun
●
In Military & Warships:
A type of
cruiser
(the
warship
) common in
th
e
late
19th and early 20th
centuries
,
ca
rrying a small number of moderately-heavy main
guns
plus
a large
secondary
battery
of
smaller
guns
and with
armor
protecting
th
e
sides
and
upper
and
lower decks
, but
lighter
and with
thinner
armor
and less
powerful
guns
th
an a
battleship
; a
mainstay
of
battle fleets
around
th
e
turn
of
th
e 20th
century
, but
displaced
from
th
is role by
th
e more
powerful
battlecruiser
after
ca
. 1908, becoming
obsolescent
by the time
of WWI.
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Synonyms
Armoured Cruiser
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