executive branch

The commissioned and working officers of the ship, as distinguished from the civilian branch.

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Executive
·noun An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
the executive
The officer, whether king, president, or other chief magistrate, who superintends the execution of t...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Branch
·vi To divide into separate parts or subdivision. II. Branch ·vt To divide as into branches; to mak...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Branch
A symbol of kings descended from royal ancestors (Ezek. 17:3, 10; Dan. 11:7); of prosperity (Job 8:1...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
branch
The diploma of those pilots who have passed at the Trinity House, as competent to navigate vessels i...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Branch pilot
·- A pilot who has a branch or commission, as from Trinity House, England, for special navigation. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
branch-pilot
One approved by the Trinity House, and holding a branch, for a particular navigation. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
civil branch
That department executed by civilians, as contradistinguished from the army or navy branch. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Rosemary Branch Alley
See Little Prescot Street. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.