navy
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
/ˈneɪvi/
▶noun (pl. navies)
- 1 [treated as sing. or pl.] the branch of a state's armed services which conducts military operations at sea.
■ literary a fleet of ships.
- 2 (also navy blue) a dark blue colour.
– origin ME: from OFr. navie ‘ship, fleet’, from pop. L. navia ‘ship’, from L. navis ‘ship’.
'navy' also found in these Oxford entries:
able seaman
- admiral
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Admiralty
- airman
- armed forces
- bluejacket
- bounty
- Cdr
- chief petty officer
- coxswain
- fleet
- Fleet Admiral
- force
- generalissimo
- high command
- impress
- Judge Advocate General
- Ldg
- leading seaman
- lieutenant
- lieutenant commander
- Limey
- main brace
- mercantile marine
- merchant marine
- merchant navy
- messmate
- midshipman
- MN
- NAAFI
- naval
- navvy
- navy bean
- navy yard
- non-commissioned
- number one
- ordinary seaman
- petty officer
- pocket battleship
- pongo
- post
- press
- press gang
- quarterdeck
- RAN
- rating
- RN
- RNZN
