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dreadnought
[ dred-nawt ]
noun
- 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.
- an outer garment of heavy woolen cloth.
- a thick cloth with a long pile.
dreadnought
/ ˈdrɛdˌnɔːt /
noun
- a battleship armed with heavy guns of uniform calibre
- an overcoat made of heavy cloth
- slang.a heavyweight boxer
- a person who fears nothing
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The Gladiator wore a lady's bonnet; the Farnese Hercules looked like an old-fashioned watchman, and sported a dreadnought coat.
On the 21st of October, early in the morning, the Dreadnought made the signal for the enemy.
To-morrow, or let us say within three months, England could possess an aerial dreadnought superior to any Zeppelin.
In 1915 the French pinned their faith to a giant triplane, which well deserved to be called "the Dreadnought of the Air."
Perhaps the greatest war invention of modern times was the British battleship Dreadnought.
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