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  1. 1. a. Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc. Source: opted
  2. 2. adj. connected with or belonging to or used in a navy Source: wordnet
  3. 3. Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc. Naval brigade, a body of seamen or marines organized for military service on land. -- Naval officer. (a) An officer in the navy. (b) A high officer in some United States customhouses. -- Naval tactics, the science of managing or maneuvering vessels sailing in squadrons or fleets. Syn. -- Nautical; marine; maritime. -- Naval, Nautical. Naval is applied to vessels, or a navy, or the things which pertain to them or in which they participate; nautical, to seamen and the art of navigation. Hence we speak of a naval, as opposed to a military, engagement; naval equipments or stores, a naval triumph, a naval officer, etc., and of nautical pursuits or instruction, nautical calculations, a nautical almanac, etc. Source: webster
  4. 4. Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or anavy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc. Source: adambom
  5. 5. j:100 a. connected with or belonging to or used in a navy Source: ecdict

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