Usually means: Large, fast, heavily armed warship.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. battle cruiser: Merriam-Webster
  2. battle cruiser: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. battle cruiser: Collins English Dictionary
  4. battle cruiser: Vocabulary.com
  5. battle-cruiser: Wordnik
  6. battle-cruiser, battle cruiser: Wiktionary
  7. battle cruiser: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. battle cruiser: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. battle cruiser: Dictionary.com
  10. Battle cruiser: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. battle cruiser: Rhymezone
  12. battle cruiser: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. battle cruiser: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. battle cruiser: FreeDictionary.org
  15. battle cruiser: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. battle cruiser: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. battle cruiser: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See battle_cruisers as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Battle cruiser)

noun:  Alternative form of battlecruiser [(military, nautical) A fast warship with thicker armor and heavier guns than a typical cruiser, but with armor, armament, or both still inferior to that of a dreadnought battleship; designed to act as an advanced scout of the battle fleet and to destroy enemy cruisers.]

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