1894 Brewer’s / N / Neptune
The sea. In Roman mythology, the divine monarch of the ocean. (See Ben.)
A son of Neptune. A seaman or sailor.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.