Definition of Navy. Meaning of Navy. Synonyms of Navy

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Definition of Navy

Navy
Navy Na"vy; n.; pl. Navies. [ OF. navie, fr. L. navis ship. See Nave of a church.] 1. A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company. ``The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir.' --1 kings x. 11. 2. The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy. 3. The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy. Navy bean. see Bean. Navy yard, a place set apart as a shore station for the use of the navy. It often contains all the mechanical and other appliences for building and equipping war vessels and training their crews.

Meaning of Navy from wikipedia

- A navy, naval force, military maritime fleet, war navy, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces prin****lly designated for naval and...
- The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States...
- The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's...
- The Army–Navy Game is an American college football rivalry game between the Army Black Knights of the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point...
- The United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the United States Navy's primary special operations force and...
- The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval...
- The French Navy (French: Marine nationale, pronounced [maʁin nasjɔnal], lit. 'National Navy'), informally La Royale (French pronunciation: [la ʁwajal]...
- mainline Iranian Navy, and does not include the vessels of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy. Iran portal List of equipment of the Navy of the Islamic...
- "In the Navy" is a song by American disco group Village People. It was released as the first single from their fourth studio album, Go West (1979). It...
- The Syrian Arab Navy (SyAN or SAN; Arabic: الْبَحْرِيَّةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ السُّورِيَّةُ, romanized: al-Baḥrīyah al-ʿArabīyah as-Sūrīyah) was the naval branch...