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▸ noun:  (military, archaic except humorous) A man whose occupation is fighting in wars; a soldier, a warrior.
▸ noun:  (military, nautical, chiefly historical) A powerful armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a warship.
▸ noun:  (obsolete, rare) In full man-of-war's-man: a sailor serving on board an armed naval vessel.
▸ noun:  Senses relating to animals.
▸ noun:  Short for 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.
▸ noun:  (specifically, archaic) A frigatebird (family Fregatidae), especially the magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens).
▸ noun:  (specifically, US) The Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus).
▸ noun:  Short for Portuguese man-of-war (“Physalia physalis, a jellyfish-like marine cnidarian consisting of a floating colony of hydrozoans attached to a float”). [Physalia physalis, a marine cnidarian consisting of a floating colony of hydrozoans attached to a float, superficially resembling a jellyfish.]



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