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Dreadnought Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Dreadnought has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber

2

A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber.

See Also
cruiser monitor powerful battle cruiser destroyer dread battleship world war i
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
battleship
Rhyming Words
ght ight ought dight bight tight fight eight night might light pight aught hight aight right wight sight voight blight
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