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pre-dreadnought

noun

Etymology

From pre- + dreadnought.

  1. inherited from nōwiht
  2. inherited from nought
  3. formed as dreadnought — “dread + nought”
  4. prefixed as pre-dreadnought — “pre + dreadnought”

Definitions

  1. A late-19th-century or early-20th-century battleship with a small number of big guns…

    A late-19th-century or early-20th-century battleship with a small number of big guns (typically no more than four) and a large number of quick-firing medium-caliber guns. It was made largely obsolete in 1906 by the dreadnought type of battleship.

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