air commodore

noun

, British.

1. an air force officer of a rank comparable to an army brigadier general.

air commodore

noun

1. a senior officer of the Royal Air Force and certain other air forces, of equivalent rank to brigadier in the Army

Word History and Origins

Origin of air commodore¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

Air commodore Houston was responding to results from the Australian ship Ocean Shield.

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