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NAVAL OFFICER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An officer in the navy
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("naval officer" is a kind of...):
military officer; officer (any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "naval officer"):
naval commander (naval officer in command of a fleet of warships)
Instance hyponyms:
Admiral Byrd; Byrd; Richard E. Byrd; Richard Evelyn Byrd (explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957))
Decatur; Stephen Decatur (United States naval officer remembered for his heroic deeds (1779-1820))
Admiral Dewey; Dewey; George Dewey (a United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War)
David Glasgow Farragut; Farragut (United States admiral who commanded Union ships during the American Civil War (1801-1870))
Hull; Isaac Hull (United States naval officer who commanded the 'Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843))
Alfred Thayer Mahan; Mahan (United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914))
Admiral Nimitz; Chester Nimitz; Chester William Nimitz; Nimitz (United States admiral of the Pacific fleet during World War II who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy (1885-1966))
Matthew Calbraith Perry; Perry (United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (1794-1858))
Hyman George Rickover; Hyman Rickover; Rickover (United States admiral who advocated the development of nuclear submarines (1900-1986))
