navarch

Example Sentences

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Ameinias the navarch walked the deck above the stern-cabin with nervous strides.

From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns

Come on deck; and when the ship is taken, entreat the navarch to be merciful and generous.”

From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns

“Till to-morrow,” an olive-skinned Cilician navarch had spoken.

From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns

Many a morning had he haggled with him merrily for a fine mackerel or tunny, and the navarch recoiled in horror at his fellow-citizen’s plight.

From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns

Here an Æginetan galley dropped behind, yonder a Corinthian navarch suffered his men to back water.

From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns