Definitions for man-of-war

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Spelling: [man-uh v-wawr]
IPA: /ˈmæn əvˈwɔr/

Man-Of-War is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 192 anagrams from letters in man-of-war (--aafmnorw).

Definitions for man-of-war

noun

  1. a warship.
  2. Portuguese man-of-war.

Origin of man-of-war

1400-50 in sense “soldier”; late Middle English

Examples for man-of-war

Why, the man has never been out of Ireland except on a British man-of-war.

All their pennants were flying—the French man-of-war, and the northern ships.

The Americans exulted at the failure of the man-of-war's man, and the English doubted.

Once, I remember, we came upon a man-of-war anchored off the coast.

It is, in short, the man-of-war that was in St. Blas when we left there.

I suppose they had no man-of-war handy for the service in Cuba.

But man-of-war's men are scarcer, my friends, than hen's teeth!

Then all the guns were fakes, and the whole business of a man-of-war as well?

Carlos came to the side, and looked after the man-of-war in the distance.

He did not wish the country to appear "as a cock-boat in the wake of the British man-of-war."

Word Value for man-of-war
Scrable

5

Words with friends

7

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