Noun
(military, nautical) A fast warship with thicker armor and heavier guns than a typical cruiser, but with armor, armament, or both still inferior to that of a dreadnought battleship; designed to act as an advanced scout of the battle fleet and to destroy enemy cruisers.
Synonyms: supercruiser, cruiser-killer, large cruiser
Coordinate terms: assault cruiser, command cruiser, fast battleship, large light cruiser, strike cruiser
(fiction) A warship of intermediate size and/or capability between a heavy cruiser and a (light) battleship.
(Cockney rhyming slang) A boozer; a public house.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgAs a result, the navy's force structure was set at "one battlecruiser, three light cruisers, six destroyers and three submarines". Source: Internet
Armoured cruiser Blücher sank and British battlecruiser Lion put out of action. Source: Internet
Burt, p. 243 She was the only battlecruiser to survive the war. Source: Internet
His enthusiasm for big, fast ships was unabated, and he set designers to producing a design for a battlecruiser with 15-inch guns. Source: Internet
Battlecruiser action The route of the British battlecruiser fleet took it through the patrol sector allocated to U-32. Source: Internet
Beatty's ships were divided into three columns, with the two battlecruiser squadrons leading in parallel lines convert apart. Source: Internet