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单词 navalist
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navalistn.

Brit. /ˈneɪvəlɪst/, /ˈneɪvl̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˈneɪvələst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: naval adj., -ist suffix.
Etymology: < naval adj. + -ist suffix.
A person who advocates or favours naval power; a person who studies or is interested in naval power.
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society > armed hostility > war > war as profession or skill > [noun] > policies and theories > person(s)
Wellingtonian1815
invasionist1853
compulsionist1886
occupationist1892
Zeppelinite1909
navalist1911
westerner1916
retreatista1925
nuclearist1952
Lawrentian1957
1911 Univ. Mag. (Dalhousie, McGill, & Toronto Univs.) Apr. 316 Uncle Ulric..was decidedly for a navy on general principles... On a show of hands the navalists had it by nine to two.
1916 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 24 Feb. 3/5 Repeated accidents and the outrageous candor of Commander Yates Sterling compelled our optimistic editorial navalist to face facts.
1920 Glasgow Herald 30 Dec. 6/3 Mr. Daniels's rather flamboyant allusions to the American naval programme would be utilised by our domestic navalists.
1927 Observer 20 Mar. 16/4 ‘Neon’..is a good old-fashioned navalist and an obsolete politician.
1963 R. A. Hough Hunting of Force Z iii. 72 Bombardment from the air, navalists the world over calculated, was no more than another threat to be added to that of the torpedo-boat and submarine.
1991 20th Cent. Brit. Hist. (BNC) 81 The rival, splinter organization which emerged as a result..claimed that any serious Navalist had to support the Conservatives.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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