Antonyms for cruiser

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kroo-zer

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkru zər

faithful

Definition of cruiser

Origin : 1670s, agent noun from cruise (v.), or, probably, borrowed from similar words in neighboring languages (e.g. Dutch kruiser, French croiseur), originally a warship built to cruise and protect commerce or chase hostile ships (but in 18c. often applied to privateers); meaning "one who cruises for sex partners" is from 1903, in later use mostly of homosexuals; as a boxing weight class, from 1920; meaning "police patrol car" is 1929, American English.

As in philanderer : noun person who has many love affairs
As in yacht : noun pleasure boat
As in cabin cruiser : noun motorboat with cabin
As in paddy wagon : noun police car
As in patrol car : noun police car
As in police car : noun motor vehicle used by law enforcement
As in prowl car : noun police car
As in squad car : noun police car
As in lumberjack : noun lumberer
As in warship : noun large boat
As in lady-killer : noun philanderer
As in flirt : noun person who makes advances

Example sentences :

She was a cruiser built in 1907 and having a displacement of 3,544 tons.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various

Decatur soon returned with the French cruiser Le Croyable as a prize.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 27, 1880 » by Various

Dr. Bird glanced at the fighting top of the cruiser and swore softly.
Extract from : « The Solar Magnet » by Sterner St. Paul Meek

His dear friend, a felon, taken in open fight by a British cruiser!
Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever

De Robeck must give me a cruiser so that we may start for home to-morrow.
Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton

If I fell in with an enemy's cruiser or a privateer I must expect to be stripped.
Extract from : « The Frozen Pirate » by W. Clark Russell

When you worked on the cruiser 'Honolulu' you handled blueprints?
Extract from : « Secret Armies » by John L. Spivak

When the cruiser "Honolulu" made its trial run in the spring of 1938, Boldt was on board.
Extract from : « Secret Armies » by John L. Spivak

In the meantime Rizal had been detained in the Spanish cruiser Castilla lying in the bay.
Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman

The UN cruiser cut its engines and dropped like a rock in free fall.
Extract from : « The K-Factor » by Harry Harrison (AKA Henry Maxwell Dempsey)

Synonyms for cruiser

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