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dreadnought

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdrɛdˌnɔːt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(dred′nôt′)

dread•nought (dred′nôt′),USA pronunciation n.

Militarya type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
Clothingan outer garment of heavy woolen cloth.
Textilesa thick cloth with a long pile.

Also, dread′naught′.

dread + nought 1800–10

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dreadnought, dreadnaught /ˈdrɛdˌnɔːt/ n

a battleship armed with heavy guns of uniform calibre
archaic an overcoat made of heavy cloth

'dreadnought' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Fisher

Synonyms: man-of-war, battleship, gunboat, ship, warship, more...

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