Definition of Admiral Dewey

1. Noun. A United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War.

Exact synonyms: Dewey, George Dewey
Generic synonyms: Naval Officer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Admiral Dewey

Adjarian
Adjarians
Adkin
Adkins
Adlai
Adlai Ewing Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson
Adler's test
Adlett
Adlington
Adlumia
Adlumia fungosa
Admiral's eighth
Admiral's eighths
Admiral Byrd
Admiral Dewey (current term)
Admiral Nelson
Admiral Nimitz
Admiral of the Fleet
Admiralty Island
Admiralty Islands
Admiralty Metal
Admiralty Range
Admiralty ham
Admiralty mile
Admission Day
Adnan
Adnett
Adnitt

Literary usage of Admiral Dewey

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Autobiography of George Dewey: Admiral of the Navy by George Dewey (1913)
"246 Commander BP Lamberton, Admiral Dewey's chief of staff 246 The US monitor Monterey 272 Philippine commission, 1899 284 Admiral Dewey receiving ..."

2. The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses by Theodore Roosevelt (1902)
"In the second place, it must always be remembered that the power of using the chance aright comes only to the Admiral Dewey ..."

3. The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1899)
"Doctor Talmage is at present pastor of a Church in Washington city, and his popularity shows no signs of diminution. ON Admiral Dewey AND THE NAVY (By ..."

4. Orations, Addresses and Speeches of Chauncey M. Depew by Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1910)
"Admiral Dewey: One of the most charming functions I have ever had in my life has fallen to my lot this beautiful morning, this Dewey Day. ..."

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