Cruiser

Noun

 * 1)  (in the days of sail) A frigate or other vessel, detached from the fleet, to cruise independently in search of the enemy or its merchant ships.
 * 2)  A class of fast warships of medium tonnage, having a long cruising range but less armour and firepower than a battleship
 * 3)  A miniature aircraft carrier carrying VTOL aircraft
 * 4)  A passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience; also cruise ship.
 * 5)  Any of several yachts designed for cruising
 * 6) 🇺🇸 A police patrol vehicle.
 * 7) One who attends cruises

Adjectives
vigilant; protected; submersible; mighty; sojourning; tourist-laden.

Thesaurus
Black Maria, LC, LSD, LSM, SC, adventurer, aircraft carrier, aircraft tender, almadia, alpinist, ammunition ship, ark, assault transport, astronaut, auxiliary, barge, battleship, bomb ketch, buss, cabin cruiser, camper, canoe, capital ship, caravel, cargo boat, carrier, carryall, cat, catamaran, climber, coast guard cutter, cockle, cockleshell, cog, comers and goers, communications ship, commuter, convoy, coracle, corvette, cosmopolite, cutter, depot ship, destroyer, destroyer leader, destroyer tender, dinghy, dispatch boat, dreadnought, drifter, dugout, eagle boat, escort carrier, escort vessel, excursionist, explorer, fare, ferry, ferryboat, fille de joie, fire ship, first-rate, fishing boat, flagship, flattop, frigate, fuel ship, funny, galley, gig, glider, globe-girdler, globe-trotter, goer, gondola, guided missile cruiser, gunboat, hajji, harlot, heavy cruiser, hooker, hospital ship, houseboat, hoy, hustler, hydrofoil, hydroplane, ironclad, jet set, jet-setter, jolly, jolly boat, journeyer, kayak, landing craft, launch, liberty boat, lifeboat, light cruiser, lighter, line-of-battle ship, longboat, mailer, mariner, mine sweeper, minisub, monitor, mosquito boat, motor launch, motorboat, mountaineer, nightwalker, outboard, outrigger canoe, paddy wagon, palmer, passenger, passerby, pathfinder, patrol boat, patrol car, patrol wagon, picketboat, pilgrim, pilot, pilot boat, pinnace, pioneer, piragua, pirogue, police van, pontoon, post boat, poule, power cruiser, powerboat, pram, privateer, protected cruiser, prowl car, punt, racer, racing shell, raider, ram, randan, receiving ship, reconnaissance ship, rocket boat, rowboat, rowing boat, rubberneck, rubbernecker, runabout, sailor, sampan, scooter, scout, scout cruiser, scow, scull, seaplane carrier, sedan cruiser, shallop, shell, ship of war, shipplane carrier, showboat, sightseer, skiff, small boat, sneakbox, speedboat, spy ship, squad car, steam launch, storeship, storm boat, straphanger, streetwalker, submarine, submarine chaser, submarine patrol boat, submarine tender, submersible, superdreadnought, surfboat, sweeper, tanker, tender, tomato, tourer, tourist, towboat, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient, transport, traveler, trawlboat, trawler, trekker, trimaran, tripper, troopship, trow, tug, tugboat, turret ship, viator, visiting fireman, voortrekker, voyager, voyageur, wagon, wanigan, warship, wayfarer, whale-gig, whaleboat, wherry, whore, world-traveler, yawl, yawl boat

Etymology
cruise + -er

Translations

 * Bulgarian: крайцер
 * Finnish:


 * German:
 * Hungarian: cirkáló
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: крайцер
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: (じゅんようかん, junyō kan)


 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: krysser
 * Nynorsk: kryssar
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: патрулна лодка


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: ,


 * Finnish: risteilijä, huvijahti


 * Finnish: risteilymatkustaja

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