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WAVES (wāvz)

noun

the women's branch of the U.S. Navy

Etymology: orig. < W(omen) A(ppointed for) V(oluntary) E(mergency) S(ervice)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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