English
large cruiser
large + cruiser
Latin largus ‘abundant, plentiful, copious, large’
Latin larga
Old French large ‘generous’
Middle English large
English large
Today it means
noun The official US Navy designation for the Alaska-class cruisers, which were in commission from mid-1944 to early-1947 and were scrapped in the early 1960s.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / large cruiser