A large armed naval vessel designed and equipped for combat at sea, like battleships or destroyers.
Compound word from 'war' (Old English 'wyrre') and 'ship' (Old English 'scip'). The term became common in the 1500s as naval warfare became central to European power.
The most powerful warships of the 1800s, called battleships, were unsinkable until one called the Titanic was proven... well, sinkable—but that's a different ship entirely!
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