dread|naught

dread|naught
dread|naught or dread|nought1 «DREHD NT», noun.
1. a large, powerful battleship with heavy armor and large guns.
2. Figurative. any large, powerful person or thing: »

In choosing so many dreadnoughts—the heaviest, Muller, is 18 stone and square as a tank—the team may lack mobility (Manchester Guardian Weekly).

[< Dreadnought, a British battleship launched in 1906, first of its type]

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