A person or a ship that cruises; spec. a warship commissioned to cruise for protection of commerce, pursuit of an enemy's ships, capture of…

Nautical. Channel groper, North Sea groper: a cruiser stationed in the Channel or the North Sea.

A platform or mound of earth within a fortification, on which guns are raised so that they can be fired over the parapet. guns en barbette, barbett…

the same as cruiser, n.

cruiser-battleship or battleship cruiser: a battleship of the type designed for speed, less heavily armoured than a ship of the line.

A heavily armoured cruiser or cruiser-battleship (see battleship, n. b).