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Webster 1913 Edition
Naval
Na′val
(nā′val)
, Adj.
Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships;
as,
naval
forces, successes, stores, etc.Naval brigade
, a body of seamen or marines organized for military service on land.
– Naval officer
. (a)
An officer in the navy.
(b)
A high officer in some United States customhouses.
– Naval tactics
, the science of managing or maneuvering vessels sailing in squadrons or fleets.
Syn. – Nautical; marine; maritime.
–
Naval
, Nautical
. Naval is applied to vessels, or a navy, or the things which pertain to them or in which they participate; nautical, to seamen and the art of navigation. Hence we speak of a naval
, as opposed to a military, engagement; naval
equipments or stores, a naval
triumph, a naval
officer, etc., and of nautical pursuits or instruction, nautical calculations, a nautical almanac, etc. Webster 1828 Edition
Naval
NAVAL
,Adj.
1.
Consisting of ships; as a naval force or armament. 2.
Pertaining to ships; as naval stores.Definition 2025
naval
naval
English
Adjective
naval (not comparable)
- (nautical) Of or relating to a navy.
- 2012 March 1, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 87:
- Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nāvālem, accusative singular form of nāvālis (“of ships”), from nāvis (“ship”).
Adjective
naval m (feminine singular navale, masculine plural navals, feminine plural navales)