Meaning of CRUISER
| Pronunciation: | | 'kroozur
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- [n] a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board
- [n] a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer
- [n] a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
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| | Synonyms: | | cabin cruiser, patrol car, pleasure boat, pleasure craft, police car, police cruiser, prowl car, squad car |
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| | See Also: | | auto, automobile, battle cruiser, car, combat ship, guided missile cruiser, machine, motorboat, motorcar, panda car, powerboat, war vessel, warship | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Cruis"er\ (kr?"z?r), n.
One who, or a vessel that, cruises; -- usually an armed
vessel.
\Cruis"er\, n. Specif.: (Nav.)
A man-of-war less heavily armed and armored than a battle
ship, having great speed, and generally of from two thousand
to twelve thousand tons displacement.
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| | Related Terms: | | adventurer, aircraft carrier, aircraft tender, almadia, alpinist, ammunition ship, ark, assault transport, astronaut, auxiliary, barge, battleship, Black Maria, bomb ketch, buss, cabin cruiser, camper, canoe, capital ship, caravel, cargo boat, carrier, carryall, cat, catamaran, climber, coast guard cutter, cockle, cockleshell, cog, comers and goers, communications ship, commuter, convoy, coracle, corvette, cosmopolite, cutter, depot ship, destroyer, destroyer leader, destroyer tender, dinghy, dispatch boat, dreadnought, drifter, dugout, eagle boat, escort carrier, escort vessel, excursionist, explorer, fare, ferry, ferryboat, fille de joie, fire ship, first-rate, fishing boat, flagship, flattop, frigate, fuel ship, funny, galley, gig, glider, globe-girdler, globe-trotter, goer, gondola, guided missile cruiser, gunboat, hajji, harlot, heavy cruiser, hooker, hospital ship, houseboat, hoy, hustler, hydrofoil, hydroplane, ironclad, jet set, jet-setter, jolly, jolly boat, journeyer, kayak, landing craft, launch, LC, liberty boat, lifeboat, light cruiser, lighter, line-of-battle ship, longboat, LSD, LSM, mailer, mariner, mine sweeper, minisub, monitor, mosquito boat, motor launch, motorboat, mountaineer, nightwalker, outboard, outrigger canoe, paddy wagon, palmer, passenger, passerby, pathfinder, patrol boat, patrol car, patrol wagon, picketboat, pilgrim, pilot, pilot boat, pinnace, pioneer, piragua, pirogue, police van, pontoon, post boat, poule, power cruiser, powerboat, pram, privateer, protected cruiser, prowl car, punt, racer, racing shell, raider, ram, randan, receiving ship, reconnaissance ship, rocket boat, rowboat, rowing boat, rubberneck, rubbernecker, runabout, sailor, sampan, SC, scooter, scout, scout cruiser, scow, scull, seaplane carrier, sedan cruiser, shallop, shell, ship of war, shipplane carrier, showboat, sightseer, skiff, small boat, sneakbox, speedboat, spy ship, squad car, steam launch, storeship, storm boat, straphanger, streetwalker, submarine, submarine chaser, submarine patrol boat, submarine tender, submersible, superdreadnought, surfboat, sweeper, tanker, tender, tomato, tourer, tourist, towboat, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient, transport, traveler, trawlboat, trawler, trekker, trimaran, tripper, troopship, trow, tug, tugboat, turret ship, viator, visiting fireman, voortrekker, voyager, voyageur, wagon, wanigan, warship, wayfarer, whaleboat, whale-gig, wherry, whore, world-traveler, yawl, yawl boat |
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