navalist

noun

navalist

noun

UK /ˈneɪvəlɪst/

Etymology From naval + -ist.

1

An advocate of the navy or of naval power.

Franz Ferdinand was a navalist determined to consolidate Austrian dominance in the Adriatic through the construction of a fleet of dreadnoughts […].2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 109:

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