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U-boat (n.)

1916 (said to have been in use from 1913), partial translation of German U-Boot, short for Unterseeboot, literally "undersea boat."

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Definitions of U-boat from WordNet

U-boat (n.)
a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes;
Synonyms: submarine / pigboat / sub
From wordnet.princeton.edu