Definition of Navy man

1. Noun. A serviceman in the navy.

Exact synonyms: Bluejacket, Sailor, Sailor Boy
Specialized synonyms: Coastguardsman, Navy Seal, Seal, Striker, Submariner
Generic synonyms: Man, Military Man, Military Personnel, Serviceman
Derivative terms: Sail

Lexicographical Neighbors of Navy Man

navigations
navigator
navigators
navigatrix
navigatrixes
navus
navvied
navvies
navvy
navvying
navy
navy base
navy bean
navy beans
navy blue
navy man (current term)
navy yard
navyless
naw
nawab
nawabs
nawabship
nawabships
nawl
nawls
naxarar
naxarars
nay
nay-say
nay-saying

Literary usage of Navy man

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

1. The Fighting Fleets: Five Months of Active Service with the American by Ralph Delahaye Paine (1918)
"... the rut of " I am well and hope this will find you the same." Homesickness is his most serious complaint. He is of a different type of navy man from the ..."

2. The Egregious English by Thomas William Hodgson Crosland (1903)
"In spite of all this, however, it cannot be denied that the Continental navy- man is slowly but surely creeping up to the English standard. ..."

3. Two Years in Fiji by Litton Forbes (1875)
"B., an old navy man, who, possessing only merit without interest, and thereby finding his promotion somewhat retarded, had quitted the service in disgust; ..."

4. While I Remember by Stephen McKenna (1921)
"... before he changed in a night from a "little-navy" man to a "big-navy" man; and to any one else who, like Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Churchill, ..."

5. From Harrison to Harding: A Personal Narrative, Covering a Third of a by Arthur Wallace Dunn (1922)
"... but the Presidency is Not for a navy man—How Leonard Wood Became a Brigadier General—"A Bell That Rings Every Day" Made Another. ..."

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