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Admiral Nelson   /ˈædmərəl nˈɛlsən/   Listen
Admiral Nelson

noun
1.
English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805).  Synonyms: Horatio Nelson, Lord Nelson, Nelson, Viscount Nelson.






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... noble dignity in the average sailor, we can easily imagine the flow of adjectives that accompanied the refusal, and how he would relate the outrage to which he had been subjected in quarterdeck language, that need not be here repeated, to his superior officer, Admiral Nelson, who must have felt the degradation of being selected to carry out as dirty a piece of work as ever devolved upon a public servant. To fight for his King and country was the joy of his soul, but to be selected as wet-nurse to the kingdom of Naples and the dignitaries that were at ...
— Drake, Nelson and Napoleon • Walter Runciman



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