navy officer

collocation in English

meaningsofnavyandofficer

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navy
noun
uk
/ˈneɪ.vi/us
/ˈneɪ.vi/
the part of a country's armed forces that is trained to operate ...
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officer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɒf.ɪ.sər/us
/ˈɑː.fɪ.sɚ/
a person in the armed forces who has a position ...
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(Definition ofnavyandofficerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Sometimes a merchantnavyofficertakes on face value what he is receiving and it may turn out to be something competely different.
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His younger brother is also a servingnavyofficerand a pilot.
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My uncle was a merchantnavyofficeron a petrol tanker, and a real cycling fan.
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Navyofficerrank insignia are gold stripes worn on the lower sleeve.
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In 1967, she married anavyofficer, but divorced him in 1972.
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Navyofficerrank insignia were gold stripes worn on the lower sleeve.
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In his youth he served as a merchantnavyofficer.
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In 1856, after graduating from the naval academy he was appointed as anavyofficer.
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His father was a non-commissionednavyofficer.
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Klenberg was the firstnavyofficerin that position.
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First, such an agency could undertake a fundamental review of the objectives and the methods of training of merchant navy officers.
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But there are many anomalies, and the merchant navy officers have an almost identical case to that of the university teachers.
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A proper insurance scheme is in exactly the same position as the payment of pensions to school teachers, policemen and retired army and navy officers.
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My last conversations with merchant navy officers took place some years ago.
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Navy officers are having considerable difficulty in educating their children and in meeting ordinary household expenses.
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I was interested in the matter because at that time there was grave reason to fear that among merchant navy officers there was a drift away from the sea.
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He added all those scenes of those navy officers in that base on the mainland.
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There was now a need for a permanent institution for training navy officers.
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He also was in charge of obtaining the support from the navy officers, which he got.
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