navy cross

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   a United States Navy decoration for extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy

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Questions about navy cross

What does navy cross mean?

navy cross means "a United States Navy decoration for extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy".

Is navy cross a common word?

navy cross 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.