WordWeight : Weighing the Words

Pronunciation : Man`-*of`-*war"
Part of Speech : n;
Definition : Defn: A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war. Man-of-war bird (Zo?l.), The frigate bird; also applied to the skua gulls, and to the wandering albatross. -- Man-of-war hawk (Zo?l.), the frigate bird. -- Man-of-war's man, a sailor serving in a ship of war. -- Portuguese man-of-war (Zo?l.), any species of the genus Physalia. See Physalia.

pl. Men-of-war.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913