stephen decatur

1. 1.

   United States naval officer remembered for his heroic deeds (1779-1820)

   SynonymsDecatur

   Broadernaval officer

Questions about stephen decatur

What does stephen decatur mean?

stephen decatur means "United States naval officer remembered for his heroic deeds (1779-1820)".

What is another word for stephen decatur?

Close synonyms include Decatur. 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 stephen decatur a common word?

stephen decatur 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.