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blue-wa•ter
(blo̅o̅′wô′tər, -wot′ər),USA pronunciation adj.
- designed to operate on and range over the open sea;
oceangoing:a bluewater navy that can be dispatched throughout the world, far from its home base.
- 1900–05
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