NAVY
\nˈe͡ɪvi], \nˈeɪvi], \n_ˈeɪ_v_i]\
Definitions of NAVY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.
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The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy.
By Oddity Software
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The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.
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The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy.
By Noah Webster.
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The warships of a nation; the sea war force of a nation, including ships, shipyards, shops, officers, men, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A fleet of ships; the ships of war belonging to a nation, or the officers and men. Navy-bills, bills issued by the Admiralty in payment of stores for ships and dockyards; also those drawn by naval officers for their pay.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The name applied to the workmen employed in constructing canals or navigations, railroads, &c.
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The whole of the ships of war belonging to a country; an assemblage of merchantmen; the whole officers and men serving in the war-ships of a country.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
