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noun
A man whose occupation is fighting in wars; a soldier, a warrior.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: archaic except humorous
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A powerful armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a warship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: warcraft, man-of-war, warship
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A powerful armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a warship.
In full man-of-war's-man: a sailor serving on board an armed naval vessel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, obsolete, rare
Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: warcraft, man-of-war, warship
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Senses relating to animals.
Ellipsis of man-of-war bird or (obsolete) man-of-war hawk (“any of a number of seabirds, especially one which attacks other seabirds to take their food”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Senses relating to animals.
Ellipsis of man-of-war bird or (obsolete) man-of-war hawk (“any of a number of seabirds, especially one which attacks other seabirds to take their food”).
A frigatebird (family Fregatidae), especially the magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, specifically
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Senses relating to animals.
Ellipsis of man-of-war bird or (obsolete) man-of-war hawk (“any of a number of seabirds, especially one which attacks other seabirds to take their food”).
The Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, specifically
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Senses relating to animals.
Ellipsis of Portuguese man-of-war (“Physalia physalis, a jellyfish-like marine cnidarian consisting of a floating colony of hydrozoans attached to a float”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: bluebottle
Antonyms: none provided
noun
large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Portuguese man-of-war, jellyfish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: siphonophore
noun
a warship intended for combat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: ship of the line
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: warship, war vessel, combat ship
Narrower terms: sailing warship
History
From Late Middle English man of wer, man of werre (“fighting man, soldier”). It has been suggested that sense 2 (“powerful armed naval vessel”) derives from the fact that such vessels were manned by men-of-war (“soldiers”; sense 1).
Across languages
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
