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dreadnought definition

dread·nought or dreadnaught dread′·naught′ (-nôt′)

noun

    1. a coat made of a thick woolen cloth
    2. the cloth

  2. Etymology: after Dreadnought, the first of such a class of British battleships, built in 1906

    any large, heavily armored battleship with many powerful guns

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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