dreadnought
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noun
1.
a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
2.
an outer garment of heavy woolen cloth.
3.
a thick cloth with a long pile.
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dreadnought or dreadnaught (ˈdrɛdˌnɔːt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a battleship armed with heavy guns of uniform calibre |
| 2. | an overcoat made of heavy cloth |
| 3. | slang a heavyweight boxer |
| 4. | a person who fears nothing |
| dreadnaught or dreadnaught | |
| —n | |
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Dreadnought
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Word Origin & History
Dreadnought
"battleship," lit. "fearing nothing," the name of a ship in the Royal Navy c.1596, but modern sense is from the name of the first of a new class of British battleships mainly armed with big guns of one caliber, launched Feb. 18, 1906.
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World war i the first world war was an anticlimax for the great dreadnought fleets.
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