Wiktionary:Word of the day/2022/October 7

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Word of the day
for October 7
man-of-war n
  1. (military, archaic except humorous) A man whose occupation is fighting in wars; a soldier, a warrior.
  2. (military, nautical, chiefly historical) A powerful armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a warship.
    1. (obsolete, rare) In full man-of-war's-man: a sailor serving on board an armed naval vessel.
  3. Senses relating to animals.
    1. Ellipsis of man-of-war bird or (obsolete) man-of-war hawk: any of a number of seabirds, especially one which attacks other seabirds to take their food.
      1. (specifically, archaic) A frigatebird (family Fregatidae), especially the magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens).
      2. (specifically, US) The Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus).
    2. Ellipsis of Portuguese man-of-war (“Physalia physalis, a jellyfish-like marine cnidarian consisting of a floating colony of hydrozoans attached to a float”)
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