naval

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  1. adjective Of or relating to ships or shipping. See Synonyms at nautical.
  2. adjective Of or relating to a navy.
  3. adjective Having a navy: a great naval power.

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  • With the accession of the Emperor, however, began a new, and for the Emperor and the Empire—why not candidly admit it?—a glorious chapter in German naval history. —  William of Germany
  • “But for wrong information, I should have fought the battle on June 6th where Rodney fought his.” The famous victory of the latter was immediately north of Dominica, by which name it is known in French naval history. —  The Life of Nelson, Vol. II
  • As on other similar occasions in American naval history, the U.S. Navy found itself needing such craft but having none. —  Brown Waters, Black Berets
  • On the Essex at the time was a midshipman aged twelve years, who got his first taste of fighting there, and whose name was destined to become, after that of Paul Jones, the most famous in American naval history—David Glasgow Farragut. —  American Men of Action
  • It may be said, that as the Noble Lord was so unfit for the military department, the naval was the proper place for him. —  Memoirs of the Life of Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan Vol 2
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin nāvālis, from nāvis, ship; see nāu- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = F. Spanish Portuguese naval = Italian navale, from Latin navalis, pertaining to a ship or ships, from navis = Greek ναῦς, a ship: see nave.
 

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