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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
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History
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.
