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navies

navies is the plural of navy.

Meaning of navy

Noun

navy (countable and uncountable, plural navies)

  1. (countable) A country's entire maritime military force, including ships and personnel.
    • The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
  2. (countable) A governmental department in charge of a country's maritime military force.
  3. (archaic, countable) Any fleet of maritime vessels, and especially the entire fleet of any particular nationality, including vessels that are commercial, military, or both.
    Synonyms:
    marine
  4. A dark blue colour, usually called navy blue.

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Phrases with navies

Questions about navies

What is navies the plural of?
Navies is the plural of navy.

Words near navies in the dictionary

  1. Navidads
  2. Navidale
  3. navie
  4. Navier-Stokes equation
  5. Navier-Stokes equations
  6. navies
  7. naviform
  8. navig
  9. navigabilities
  10. navigability
  11. navigable

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