man-of-war

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A man whose occupation is fighting in wars; a soldier, a warrior.

   “The LORDE is the right man of warre, LORDE is his name. The charettes of Pharaor his power, hath he caſt in to the ſee.”

2. isim A powerful armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a warship.

   “[W]e cannot be ſecure, vvhile ſuch huge Fleets of Men of VVar, both Spaniſh, French, Dutch, and Dunkirkeers, ſome of them laden vvith Ammunition, Men, Arms, and Armies, do daily ſail on our Seas, and confront the Kings Chambers; […]”

3. isim In full man-of-war's-man: a sailor serving on board an armed naval vessel.
4. isim Ellipsis of 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”).

   “But there is a Bird they call, a Man of vvar, and he is much bigger than a Heron, and flies out to Sea upon diſcoveries, (for they never light upon the Sea) to ſee vvhat ſhips are comming to the Iland; and vvhen they return the Ilanders look out, and ſay, A ſhip is comming, and finde it true.”

5. isim A frigatebird (family Fregatidae), especially the magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens).
6. isim The Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus).
7. isim Ellipsis of Portuguese man-of-war (“Physalia physalis, a jellyfish-like marine cnidarian consisting of a floating colony of hydrozoans attached to a float”).