pre-dreadnought
Meaning
A late 19th-century or early 20th-century battleship with a small number of big guns (typically no more than four) and a large number of quick-firing medium-caliber guns. It was made largely obsolete in 1906 by the dreadnought type of battleship.
Synonyms
Translations
عربة مدرعة
cuirassat
Panzerkreuzer
cuirassé
nave corazzata
pantserschip
couraçado
acorazado
zırhlı gemiEtymology
From pre- + dreadnought.
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