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admiral

10 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. admiral (noun)
  2. admiral of the fleet
  3. fleet admiral (noun)
  4. lord admiral (noun)
  5. lord high admiral (noun)
  6. rear admiral (noun)
  7. red admiral (noun)
  8. scarlet admiral (noun)
  9. vice admiral (noun)
  10. white admiral (noun)

ad·mi·ral

noun \ˈad-m(ə-)rəl\

Definition of ADMIRAL

1
archaic : the commander in chief of a navy
2
a : flag officer b : a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard who ranks above a vice admiral and whose insignia is four stars — compare general
3
archaic : flagship
4
: any of several brightly colored nymphalid butterflies — compare red admiral
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Origin of ADMIRAL

Middle English, from Anglo-French amiral commander & Medieval Latin admiralis emir, admirallus admiral, from Arabic amīr-al- commander of the (as in amīr-al-baḥr commander of the sea)
First Known Use: 15th century

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