Corvette

  1. Proper noun.  A sports car, manufactured by Chevrolet from 1953 to present, an American icon.
  2. Noun.  (nautical, historical) A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of war.
  3. Noun.  (nautical) In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of trans-oceanic duty.

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