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DESTROYER ESCORT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does destroyer escort mean?
• DESTROYER ESCORT (noun)
The noun DESTROYER ESCORT has 1 sense:
1. warship smaller than a destroyer; designed to escort fleets or convoys
Familiarity information: DESTROYER ESCORT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Warship smaller than a destroyer; designed to escort fleets or convoys
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("destroyer escort" is a kind of...):
combat ship; war vessel; warship (a government ship that is available for waging war)
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