noun
: a warship of battleship size and of the highest speed and heaviest battery but without the heavy armor protection of the battleship and designed for high-speed cruising, scouting, and long-range fighting
noun
: a warship of battleship size and of the highest speed and heaviest battery but without the heavy armor protection of the battleship and designed for high-speed cruising, scouting, and long-range fighting
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012