cruiser

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
noun a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer
noun a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board

From cruise + -er.

Cruiser; transport under Vas Kor. — Thuvia, maid of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs
The cruiser lay dead ahead. — The Land That Time Forgot, Edgar Rice Burroughs
“The fast cruiser squadron,” he observed. — The Zeppelin's Passenger, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

police cruiser, patrol car, police car, prowl car, squad car

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