1. Mahan - Noun
2. Mahan - Proper noun
United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914)
Source: WordNetAlfred Thayer Mahan a capital ship—the core of any battle fleet—as a vessel able to dish out punishment against a peer navy. Source: Internet
An avid Kentucky Wildcats fan, Mahan while opening some Panini NBA cards, landing a signed 1/1 Zion Williamson/RJ Barrett rookie card valued at roughly $15,000. Source: Internet
On Thursday night, two US warplanes operating illegally in Syria conducted aggressive maneuvers dangerously close to an Iranian Mahan Air flight over Syria’s al-Tanf region. Source: Internet
As Alfred Thayer Mahan puts it, a conventional warship bereft of bases or a coterie of logistics ships is a "land bird" unable to fly far from home. Source: Internet
German doctrine at the time, based on the work of American Admiral Alfred Mahan and shared by all major navies, called for submarines to be integrated with surface fleets and employed against enemy warships. Source: Internet
IJN top command was so imbued with Admiral Mahan 's "decisive battle" doctrine—especially that of destroying the maximum number of battleships—that, despite these concerns, Yamamoto decided to press ahead. Source: Internet