cruis|er

cruis|er «KROO zuhr», noun.

1. a warship with less armor and more speed than a battleship.

2. an airplane or taxi that cruises.

3. a motorboat having a cabin and equipped with facilities for living on board; cabin cruiser.

4. a police car for patrolling streets and highways, connected with headquarters by radio; patrol car; squad car: »

A police cruiser had stopped him for a safety check a block earlier (Maclean's).

5. a person who estimates the amount and value of the timber in a forest.

6. a person who sails about, travels, or vacations on a pleasure boat: »

Cruisers, who take their leisure on the water, are almost fanatically independent people (Newsweek).