Etymology

From Admiral John Fisher's use of subterfuge to evade a Royal Navy moratorium on the construction of new capital ships by declaring ships of this type to be large versions of light cruisers.

Noun

large light cruiser (plural large light cruisers)Category:English lemmas#LARGELIGHTCRUISERCategory:English nouns#LARGELIGHTCRUISERCategory:English countable nouns#LARGELIGHTCRUISERCategory:English multiword terms#LARGELIGHTCRUISERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LARGELIGHTCRUISERCategory:Pages with entries#LARGE%20LIGHT%20CRUISERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#LARGE%20LIGHT%20CRUISER

1. (militaryCategory:en:Military#LARGELIGHTCRUISER, nauticalCategory:en:Nautical#LARGELIGHTCRUISER, historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#LARGELIGHTCRUISER) A very large, fast warship with a relatively-shallow draft and minimal belt armor, carrying a relatively-small number of very heavy guns; sometimes classed as a type of battlecruiser.