large light cruiser

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.

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Meanings

nounlarge light cruiser (plural large light cruisers)

plural large light cruisers

  1. historicalgovernmentA 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.

Origin

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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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “large light cruiser,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/large%20light%20cruiser.

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