"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. 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: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 48 52 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of '"land cruiser", military vehicle': 63 37
  2. (archaic, military) A superheavy tank, supertank. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Military, Military vehicles Synonyms: land battleship, landship
    Sense id: en-land_cruiser-en-noun-feZngY~h Disambiguation of Military vehicles: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 48 52 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: land battleship, land ironclad

Inflected forms

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