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Bluejacket   Listen
noun
bluejacket  n.  A serviceman in the navy.
Synonyms: navy man, sailor, sailor boy.






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"Bluejacket" Quotes from Famous Books



... Matamoras, the works of which were to be bombarded as a portion of the general programme for this day while the troops were being landed. The men of the Texas performed their part well; the Socapa battery was quickly silenced; but not quite soon enough to save the life of one brave bluejacket. The last shell fired by the retreating Spaniards struck the battle-ship twenty feet abaft the stem on the port side. It passed through the hull about three feet below the main-deck line, and failed to explode until striking an iron stanchion at the centre line of the berth-deck. Here were ...
— The Boys of '98 • James Otis

... stage, borne on the shoulders of two colonels! Two men who had eagles on their shoulders, U.S. on their collars, and gold chevrons on their left sleeves carried on their shoulders a "gob," a sailorman, a deck-swabbing bluejacket, ...
— The Story of The American Legion • George Seay Wheat



Words linked to "Bluejacket" :   Navy SEAL, striker, sailor boy, serviceman, submariner, military man, military personnel



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