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单词 navarchy
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navarchyn.

Brit. /ˈneɪvɑːki/, /ˈnavɑːki/, U.S. /ˈneɪvˌɑrki/, /ˈnævˌɑrki/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ναυαρχία.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ναυαρχία command of a fleet, period of such command, naval supremacy < ναύαρχος navarch n. + -ία -y suffix3. Compare post-classical Latin navarchia command of a ship (5th cent.).
rare.
1. Shipbuilding. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding
ship-craft1398
shipman-craft1418
naupegy1570
mouldingc1575
newbuilding1588
navarchy1648
shipbuilding1717
boatbuilding1758
1648 W. Petty Advice to Hartlib (new ed.) 6 That all Children..be taught some gentile Manufacture, such as are Navarchy and making Modells for building and rigging of Ships.
1835 J. H. Ingraham South-West I. iv. 53 ‘It's cause as how they takes in all sail, or goes chuck to bottom, when it 'gins to blow a spankin' breeze,’—truly a fine compliment to the navarchy of Portugal!
2. Ancient Greek History. The office or position of a navarch; the period during which such office is exercised.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > period of office
navarchy1850
1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxiv. 187 (note) The commencement of Lysander's navarchy or year of maritime command appears to me established for this winter.
1997 S. Hornblower Comm. on Thucydides I. 349 The navarchy was an annual post, running from autumn to autumn.
3. Naval power.Apparently an isolated use.
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1903 T. Hardy Dynasts i. v. i Those teeth of treble line In jaws of oaken wood Held open by the English navarchy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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