Navalist

//ˈneɪvəlɪst// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An advocate of the navy or of naval power.

    "Franz Ferdinand was a navalist determined to consolidate Austrian dominance in the Adriatic through the construction of a fleet of dreadnoughts […]."

Example

More examples

"Franz Ferdinand was a navalist determined to consolidate Austrian dominance in the Adriatic through the construction of a fleet of dreadnoughts […]."

Etymology

From naval + -ist.

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