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/nˈeɪvəl ˈɔfəsər/ Listen

adjective

Naval adj. Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc.

Naval brigade, a body of seamen or marines organized for military service on land.

Naval officer.

(a)

An officer in the navy.

(b)

A high officer in some United States customhouses.

Naval tactics, the science of managing or maneuvering vessels sailing in squadrons or fleets.

Synonyms: Nautical; marine; maritime. Naval, Nautical. Naval is applied to vessels, or a navy, or the things which pertain to them or in which they participate; nautical, to seamen and the art of navigation. Hence we speak of a naval, as opposed to a military, engagement; naval equipments or stores, a naval triumph, a naval officer, etc., and of nautical pursuits or instruction, nautical calculations, a nautical almanac, etc.

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... to the full all the early naval officer's utterly unmerited contempt for the merchant service. It is also the habit of the Anglo-Saxon to hold the French in slight esteem on the sea. The Canadians were wretched sailors, and Thorn despised them. Thorn also cherished a natural hatred against the English, ...

— South American Fights and Fighters - And Other Tales of Adventure • Cyrus Townsend Brady

... as may be seen from certain chapters in the life of Pusey. They fought the battle of Anglo-Catholicism, at Oxford and elsewhere, with a whole-hearted conviction that knew no misgivings or scruples. Oxford has not forgotten the election, as late as 1862, of an orthodox naval officer to a chair of history for ...

— Outspoken Essays • William Ralph Inge

... Spanish naval officer who served on the Staff of the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War and at Waterloo. Alava enjoyed the unique distinction of having been present both at Trafalgar and Waterloo. At the former battle he commanded a ...

— A Week at Waterloo in 1815 • Magdalene De Lancey

... of the Reprisal, was another gallant naval officer. When Benjamin Franklin was sent as United States ambassador to France in 1776 he sailed in the Reprisal, which was the first American warship to visit ...

— This Country Of Ours • H. E. Marshall Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

... Arriola—Knight of the Order of Santiago, naval officer, member of council of war, and twenty-fourth regidor of Sevilla; arrives at Manila, August, 24, 1684; reinstates archbishop, and exiles auditors; death, April 17 (Delgado and San Antonio) or 27 (Zuniga), ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Volume XVII, 1609-1616 • Various

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