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English

Etymology

battle +? ship; shortened from line-of-battle ship, attested 1794.

Noun

battleship (plural battleships)

1. (military) Large capital warship displacing tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with big guns. Battleships are now obsolescent, replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles.
2. Non-functional rocket stage, used for configuration and integration tests.
3. A guessing game played on grid paper, see Battleship (game)

Hyponyms

(type of warship):

• dreadnought
• pre-dreadnought
• semi-dreadnought
• super-dreadnought

Derived terms

Related terms

• battlecruiser

Translations

See also

• dreadnought
• cruiser
• destroyer
• frigate
• sloop
• corvette
• monitor
• gunboat
• aircraft carrier

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “battleship”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Etymology

Named for the German statesman Otto von Bismarck.

Noun

bismarck (plural bismarcks)

1. (Canada, US) A dessert pastry:
   1. (Manitoba) A doughnut filled with cream, often with chocolate icing.
   2. (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northern US, US Midwest) A jelly doughnut: a doughnut filled with jam and coated with sugar.
   3. (Midland US) A fried cruller, or a sort of pancake.

See also

• Berliner
• Burlington bun
• Dutch baby pancake, Dutch baby, Dutch puff
• jambuster
• jelly doughnut

References

• “bismarck” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Finnish

Noun

bismarck

1. (card games) A certain card game.

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