Naval

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Of or relating to a navy.
  • adjective. Having a navy.
  • adjective. Of or relating to ships or shipping.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to a ship or ships, their construction, equipment, management, or use; specifically, of or pertaining to a navy: as, naval architecture; a naval victory; a naval force; a naval station or hospital; naval stores.
  • Possessing a navy: as, a naval power.
  • In the United States, an officer of the Treasury Department who, at the larger maritime ports, is associated with the collector of customs. He assists in estimating duties, countersigns all permits, clearances, certificates, etc., issued by the collector, and examines and certifies his accounts. In the American colonies before the Revolution the naval officer was the administrator of the Navigation Act.
  • Synonyms Marine, Nautical, etc. See maritime.
  • Naval affairs.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships
  • adjective. a body of seamen or marines organized for military service on land.
  • adjective. A high officer in some United States customhouses.
  • adjective. the science of managing or maneuvering vessels sailing in squadrons or fleets.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of or relating to a navy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. connected with or belonging to or used in a navy
  • Word Usage
    "States to keep troops in time of peace, and they are expressly distinguished and placed in a separate category from land or naval forces in the sixteenth paragraph above quoted; and the words _land_ and _naval forces_ are shown by paragraphs 12, 13, and 14, to mean the Army and Navy of the Confederate States."
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