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NAVAL ENGINEER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does naval engineer mean?
• NAVAL ENGINEER (noun)
The noun NAVAL ENGINEER has 1 sense:
1. a naval officer responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ship's engines
Familiarity information: NAVAL ENGINEER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A naval officer responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ship's engines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
marine engineer; naval engineer
Hypernyms ("naval engineer" is a kind of...):
applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
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