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admiral
[ad-mer-uhl]
noun
the commander in chief of a fleet.
a naval officer of the highest rank.
a naval officer of a high rank: the grades in the U.S. Navy are fleet admiral, admiral, vice-admiral, and rear admiral.
Obsolete., the flagship of an admiral.
British., a master who directs a fishing fleet.
any of several often brightly colored butterflies of the family Nymphalidae, as Vanessa atalanta red admiral.
admiral
/ ˈædmərəl /
noun
the supreme commander of a fleet or navy
Also called: admiral of the fleet. fleet admiral. a naval officer of the highest rank, equivalent to general of the army or field marshal
a senior naval officer entitled to fly his own flag See also rear admiral vice admiral
the master of a fishing fleet
any of various nymphalid butterflies, esp the red admiral or white admiral
Other Word Forms
- admiralship noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of admiral1
Word History and Origins
Origin of admiral1
Example Sentences
These commenters were denounced at the time by New Zealand's defence minister as "armchair admirals".
In response, Sheinbaum defended the admiral and said he helped denounce the thievery.
“I call it the N-word,” the American head of state said in remarks to the nation’s admirals and generals, speaking about a decision to deploy nuclear-powered submarines off the coast of Russia.
In a Tuesday speech before a gathering of generals and admirals, he sketched out a controversial vision of dispatching troops to Democratic cities “as training grounds for our military” to combat an “invasion from within.”
There was so much to address Tuesday when 800 generals, admirals and their senior enlisted leaders in the U.S. military were ordered into one location from around the world on short notice.
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