Antonyms for cruiser


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kroo-zer
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkru zər


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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