"land cruiser" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: land cruisers [plural]
Etymology: From being a vehicle akin to a cruiser (“an armored warship”) on land. Etymology templates: {{l|en|warship}} warship, {{l|en|cruiser||an armored warship}} cruiser (“an armored warship”), {{l|en|land}} land Head templates: {{en-noun}} land cruiser (plural land cruisers)
  1. (archaic, military, 19th century to pre-WWI) An armoured combat vehicle, a tank. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Military, Military vehicles Synonyms: landship, land battleship, land ironclad Translations ("land cruiser", military vehicle): Landkreuzer (German)
    Sense id: en-land_cruiser-en-noun-7PvyZO7J Disambiguation of Military vehicles: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 94 6 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of '"land cruiser", military vehicle': 61 39
  2. (archaic, military) A superheavy tank, supertank Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Military Synonyms: land battleship, landship
    Sense id: en-land_cruiser-en-noun-9OgXAZOT Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: land battleship, land ironclad

Inflected forms

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