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navy
/ˈneɪvi/
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What does navy mean?
noun
- A country's entire maritime military force, including ships and personnel.
- A governmental department in charge of a country's maritime military force.
- A dark blue colour, usually called navy blue.
More meanings (3)
adjective
- Having the dark blue colour of navy blue.
- Belonging to the navy; typical of the navy.
noun
- (archaic) Any fleet of maritime vessels, and especially the entire fleet of any particular nationality, including vessels that are commercial, military, or both.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈneɪvi/
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See this word in context.
It seemed that when they had come upon the shaft the navy of the First Born were already issuing from its mouth.
One of these is before me as I write, and gives a strange notion of the arts in our old English Navy.
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The King, having made his first effort at establishing a royal navy, sent the fleet to sea against the ships of France.
The mode of signalling which he proposed was by means of a "collapsing drum," an instrument of occasional use in the Navy.
Other men there were ready and able to add to the treasure of victories the British navy has given to the nation.