navy

noun [S, + sing/pl verb] (SEA FORCE)

/ˈneɪ.vi/

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B2 the part of a country's armed forces that is trained to operate at sea: My brother is an officer in the Navy. Gabriel joined the navy in 1997. a navy ship/vesselThe Navy

(Definition of navy noun (SEA FORCE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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