French navy

noun

1. 1. a dark dull navy blue
   2. ( as adjective )

      a French-navy dress

Example Sentences

If the French Navy succeeded in concentrating at Brest, the first move in the game would be lost.

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Eugene Sue began his career as a physician and surgeon, and then spent six years in the French Navy.

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Five ships only were taken or destroyed, but others ran ashore, and the French navy as a whole lost all confidence.

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When Louis succeeded to the throne the French Navy was practically non-existent, as it consisted only of four, or five, frigates.

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Another and later account of this singular disease has recently been given by M. Dumoutier, surgeon in the French Navy.

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