navalist

English

Etymology

From naval +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈneɪvəlɪst/

Noun

navalist (plural navalists)

  1. An advocate of the navy or of naval power. [from 20th c.]
    • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 109:
      Franz Ferdinand was a navalist determined to consolidate Austrian dominance in the Adriatic through the construction of a fleet of dreadnoughts […].

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