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sea-officer
Now somewhat rare (very common in 17–18th c.). A naval officer.
1669R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 456 Out of these [gentlemen] the King intends always to choose his sea officers. 1708Proclam. 20 May in Lond. Gaz. No. 4440/1 In case any..Warrant Sea-Officers belonging to any Ship of War..be absent. 1833T. Hook Parson's Dau. i. vii, Saying which..the gallant sea-officer quitted the Parsonage. 1860Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. III. 129 The first of England's living sea-officers. |