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Jaunty

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-003108

Royal Navy slang for the master-at-arms, the senior rating in charge of discipline, order, and police duties aboard a ship, with the regulating staff working under him. The nickname is also spelled jonty and belongs to lower-deck speech rather than being a formal rank title. The same word in everyday English is an adjective meaning cheerful or stylish.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-003108
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectMarine and shipyard
TranslationsGerman: Jaunty; Spanish: contramaestre; French: maître d'armes
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-003108",
  "term": "Jaunty",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "Royal Navy slang for the master-at-arms, the senior rating in charge of discipline, order, and police duties aboard a ship, with the regulating staff working under him. The nickname is also spelled jonty and belongs to lower-deck speech rather than being a formal rank title. The same word in everyday English is an adjective meaning cheerful or stylish.",
  "subject": "Marine and shipyard",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Jaunty",
    "es": "contramaestre",
    "fr": "maître d'armes"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/jaunty/"
}

Record 3,391 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.