NAVAL OFFICER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does naval officer mean? 

• NAVAL OFFICER (noun)
  The noun NAVAL OFFICER has 1 sense:

1. an officer in the navy

  Familiarity information: NAVAL OFFICER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NAVAL OFFICER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An officer in the navy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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))

 Context examples 

It seemed as if Mr Shepherd, in this anxiety to bespeak Sir Walter's good will towards a naval officer as tenant, had been gifted with foresight; for the very first application for the house was from an Admiral Croft, with whom he shortly afterwards fell into company in attending the quarter sessions at Taunton; and indeed, he had received a hint of the Admiral from a London correspondent.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)