Usually means: Cannon mounted at ship's rear.
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  1. stern chaser: Merriam-Webster
  2. stern chaser: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. stern-chaser, stern-chaser: Collins English Dictionary
  4. stern chaser: Vocabulary.com
  5. stern-chaser, stern chaser: Wordnik
  6. stern chaser: Wiktionary
  7. stern chaser: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. stern chaser: Dictionary.com
  9. stern chaser: Rhymezone
  10. stern chaser: FreeDictionary.org
  11. stern chaser: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. stern-chaser, stern chaser: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (stern chaser)

▸ noun:  (nautical) A gun or cannon mounted on the stern of a ship for firing at a pursuing vessel.

Similar:
bow chaser, subchaser, stern plane, submarine chaser, sea-star, sternpicker, torpedo stern, harpoon gun, square stern, torpedo catcher, more...

Opposite:
bow chaser, forward gun, prow gun

Types:
carronade, long gun, howitzer, mortar, cannon, more...

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Similar:
bow chaser, subchaser, stern plane, submarine chaser, sea-star, sternpicker, torpedo stern, harpoon gun, square stern, torpedo catcher, more...

Opposite:
bow chaser, forward gun, prow gun

Types:
carronade, long gun, howitzer, mortar, cannon, more...



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