navalist means an advocate of the navy or of naval power. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
navalist is pronounced /ˈneɪvəlɪst/.
Etymology
From naval + -ist.
noun
- An advocate of the navy or of naval power.“Franz Ferdinand was a navalist determined to consolidate Austrian dominance in the Adriatic through the construction of a fleet of dreadnoughts […].”