man-of-war
suomi-englanti sanakirjaman-of-war englannista suomeksi
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man-of-war englanniksi
A man whose occupation is fighting in wars; a soldier, a warrior.
(RQ:Coverdale Bible)
(RQ:Thackeray Catherine) The landlord was undermost, and the Ensign's arms were working up and down his face and body like the flaps of a paddle-wheel: the man of war had clearly the best of it.
(RQ:Blackmore Lorna Doone)
A powerful armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a warship.
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(RQ:Howell Epistolae), at York.|date=30 January 1633|page=233|passage=We cannot be ſecure, vvhile ſuch huge Fleets of Men of VVar, both ''Spaniſh'', ''French'', ''Dutch'', and ''Dunkirkeers'', ſome of them laden vvith Ammunition, Men, Arms, and Armies, do daily ſail on our Seas, and confront the Kings ''Chambers''; (..)
(RQ:Pepys Diary)
(RQ:Smollett Roderick Random) the entrance of the harbour blocked up by ſeveral old galleons and tvvo men of vvar that the enemy had ſunk in the channel.
(RQ:Landon Lady Anne Granard)
(RQ:Marryat Poor Jack) and I hope, sir, not heard the bullets whistling about my head like hail in a hail storm, without knowing how to take care of my ship. I like every thing man-of-war fashion, and then one's always prepared.
(RQ:Besant World) which does not lie at anchor in the Thames, somewhere between Greenwich Reach and London Bridge. (..) Also His Majesty's men-of-war—frigates, sloops-of-war, cutters, fire-ships, and every kind of vessel employed to beat off the enemies of the country, who would prey upon our commerce and destroy our merchantmen.
(RQ:Joyce Ulysses) very quickly not one speck of sand was to be seen on his smart little suit.|footer=Referring to a child’s sailor suit.
''In full'' man-of-war's-man: a sailor serving board an armed naval vessel.
(RQ:Nashe Lenten Stuffe)
(non-gloss definition)
(short for) ''or'' man-of-war hawk: any of a number of seabirds, especially one which attacks other seabirds to take their food.
(quote-book)|location=London|publisher=(...) (w),(nb...)|year=1657|page=61|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/trueexacthistory00ligo/page/61/mode/1up|oclc=950914871|passage=But there is a Bird they call, a Man of vvar, and he is much bigger than a Heron, and flies out to Sea upon diſcoveries, (for they never light upon the Sea) to ſee vvhat ſhips are comming to the Iland; and vvhen they return the Ilanders look out, and ſay, A ſhip is comming, and finde it true.
A frigatebird (family (taxfmt)), especially the frigatebird ((taxfmt)).
The skua ((taxfmt)).
(short for) (“(taxfmt), a jellyfish-like marine cnidarian consisting of a floating colony of hydrozoans attached to a (l)”)