Mahan

[ muh-han ]

noun

1. Alfred Thay·er [they, -er], 1840–1914, U.S. naval officer and writer on naval history.

Example Sentences

Fresh from government sniffing school, Bill Mahan describes the odd odors protecting the public health.

From The Daily Beast

Dr. Asa Mahan told me of an experience of this kind which he had in a very dangerous sickness.

From Project Gutenberg

It was one of Prof. Mahan's maxims that the spade was as useful in war as the musket, and to this I will add the axe.

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While the Doctor was upon the road he was called to prescribe for another sick man by the name of Mahan, from Missouri.

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Gradually a slight change for the better occurred, the writings of Captain Mahan playing no small part therein.

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I see that Captain Mahan has been getting out a new book on the subject, just at the right time.

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