SLOOP OF WAR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sailing or steam warship having cannons on only one deck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sloop of war" is a kind of...):

combat ship; war vessel; warship (a government ship that is available for waging war)

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