war-steamer

noun

A steam-powered naval vessel designed for combat.

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Meanings

nounwar-steamer (plural war-steamers)

plural war-steamers

  1. A steam-powered naval vessel designed for combat.

    The only vessel it contained when we arrived was a Dutch brig, laden with coals for the use of a war-steamer, which was expected daily, on an exploring expedition along the coasts of New Guinea, for the purpose of fixing on a locality for a colony.

    1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 304
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Chicago

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