Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—N

Neptune

(2 syl.). The sea, In Roman mythology, the divine monarch of the ocean. (See Ben.)

A son of Neptune.
A seaman or sailor.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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