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Synonyms for navy

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ney-vee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈneɪ vi

Définition of navy

Origin :
  • early 14c., "fleet of ships, especially for purposes of war," from Old French navie "fleet, ship," from Latin navigia, plural of navigium "vessel, boat," from navis "ship" (see naval). Meaning "a nation's collective, organized sea power" is from 1530s. The Old English words were sciphere (usually of Viking invaders) and scipfierd (usually of the home defenses). Navy blue was the color of the British naval uniform. Navy bean attested from 1856, so called because they were grown to be used by the Navy.
  • noun fleet
Example sentences :
  • As one result of this, our Navy ranks larger, in comparison, than it ever did before.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • I went down to the Post Office once and got a bill about the Navy!
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • "That's of course, if he was a captain in the British navy," said Mr. Palmer.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • It was afterwards understood that he was destined for the navy.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • I entered the navy, then, for the first time, as a common Jack.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The intention, evidently, was to swallow us all in the enormous maw of the British navy.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • He was not in the line of promotion, and probably left the navy at the peace.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • There are two Captains Cooper in the navy,--father and son,--but neither had been in the Sterling.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • These consisted of a family, of which the head was said to be, or to have been, an admiral in the Dutch navy.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The army, the navy, and nine tenths of the people of England were Protestants.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

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