admiral dewey

1. 1.

   a United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War

   SynonymsDeweyGeorge Dewey

   Broadernaval officer

Questions about admiral dewey

What does admiral dewey mean?

admiral dewey means "a United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War".

What is another word for admiral dewey?

Close synonyms include Dewey, George Dewey. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is admiral dewey a common word?

admiral dewey is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.