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CRUISER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board
Synonyms:
cabin cruiser; cruiser; pleasure boat; pleasure craft
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cruiser" is a kind of...):
motorboat; powerboat (a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine)
Derivation:
cruise (sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cruiser" is a kind of...):
combat ship; war vessel; warship (a government ship that is available for waging war)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cruiser"):
battle cruiser (a cruiser of maximum speed and firepower)
guided missile cruiser (a cruiser that carries guided missiles)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
Synonyms:
cruiser; patrol car; police car; police cruiser; prowl car; squad car
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cruiser" is a kind of...):
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cruiser"):
panda car (a police cruiser)
Derivation:
cruise (travel at a moderate speed)
Context examples:
But it is not the cruisers that fight the country’s battles and blockade the enemy’s ports.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
This speech produced a chorus of protests from the cruiser officers and a hearty agreement from the line-of-battleship men, who seemed to be in the majority in the circle which had gathered round.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
All this, with convoying, reconnoitring, and risking one’s own ship in order to gain a knowledge of the enemy’s movements, comes under the duties of the commander of a cruiser.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Do you mean to say, sir, said Captain Foley, that the duties of an officer upon a cruiser demand more care or higher professional ability than those of one who is employed upon blockade service, with a lee coast under him whenever the wind shifts to the west, and the topmasts of an enemy’s squadron for ever in his sight?
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
