pre-dreadnought
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Etymology[edit]
pre- + dreadnought
Noun[edit]
pre-dreadnought (plural pre-dreadnoughts)
- (nautical, military, historical) 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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late 19th or early 20th century battleship
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