Definition of Navy

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Definition of Navy

Navy

A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company.

The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.

The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy.

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Navy Quotations

The only color I don't have is navy brown.
Yogi Berra

Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?
Steve Jobs

The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's.
Harry S. Truman

Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids.
Alexander Graham Bell

When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the ship.
Dick Gregory

There is no cannibalism in the British navy, absolutely none, and when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount.
Graham Chapman

I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but to join the Navy, having left school at 13.
Sean Connery

Pink is the navy blue of India.
Diana Vreeland

Before the BBC, I joined the Navy in order to travel.
David Attenborough

The main American naval forces were shifted to the Pacific region and an American admiral made a strong declaration to the effect that if war were to break out between Japan and the United States, the Japanese navy could be sunk in a matter of weeks.
Hideki Tojo

Navy Translations

navy in Dutch is marine, zeemacht
navy in French is marine
navy in German is Schiffahrt, Kriegsmarine
navy in Italian is marina
navy in Portuguese is marinha
navy in Spanish is marina

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