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man-of-war
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man-of-war
(also man-o'-war)
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n.
(pl. men-of-war
also men-o'-war) hist.
an armed sailing ship.
∎
(also man-o'-war bird) another term for frigate bird.
∎
short for Portuguese man-of-war.
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Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
frigate-bird see man-o'-war bird .
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man-of-war
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
man-of-war (also man-o'-war ) • n. ( pl. men-of-war also men-o'-war ) hist. an armed sailing ship. ∎ (also man-o'-war bird ) another term for frigate bird . ∎ short for Portuguese ...
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