man-of-war : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: man-of-war	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for man-of-war
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
man-of-war n a warship intended for combat [syn: man-of-war, {ship of the line}] large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles Synonym(s): Portuguese man-of-war, man-of-war, jellyfish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Manofwar \Man`ofwar"\, n; pl. {Men-of-war}. A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war. {Man-of-war bird} (Zo[94]l.), The frigate bird; also applied to the skua gulls, and to the wandering albatross. {Man-of-war hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the frigate bird. {Man-of-war's man}, a sailor serving in a ship of war. {Portuguese man-of-war} (Zo[94]l.), any species of the genus {Physalia}. See {Physalia}.