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ALL meanings of admiral

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  • countable noun admiral An admiral is a senior officer in a navy. 3
  • noun admiral the supreme commander of a fleet or navy 3
  • noun admiral a naval officer of the highest rank, equivalent to general of the army or field marshal 3
  • noun admiral a senior naval officer entitled to fly his own flag 3
  • noun admiral the master of a fishing fleet 3
  • noun admiral any of various nymphalid butterflies, esp the red admiral or white admiral 3
  • noun admiral the commanding officer of a navy or fleet 3
  • noun admiral an officer of the highest rank, ranking just above a vice admiral and having the insignia of four stars 3
  • noun admiral generally, any of the officers ranking above a captain, with admiral as part of the title of their rank 3
  • noun admiral a vessel carrying the admiral; flagship 3
  • noun admiral any of various large, colorful butterflies (genera Limenitis and Vanessa) with unusually small forelegs 3
  • noun admiral A commander of a fleet or naval squadron, or a naval officer of very high rank. 1
  • noun admiral the commander in chief of a fleet. 1
  • noun admiral a naval officer of the highest rank. 1
  • noun admiral a naval officer of a high rank: the grades in the U.S. Navy are fleet admiral, admiral, vice-admiral, and rear admiral. 1
  • noun admiral Obsolete. the flagship of an admiral. 1
  • noun admiral British. a master who directs a fishing fleet. 1
  • noun admiral any of several often brightly colored butterflies of the family Nymphalidae, as Vanessa atalanta (red admiral) 1
  • noun admiral chief naval officer 1
  • noun admiral A naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces. 0
  • noun admiral A naval officer of high rank, immediately below Admiral of the Fleet; the commander of a fleet or squadron. 0
  • noun admiral A flag officer in the United States Navy or Coast Guard of a grade superior to vice admiral and junior to admiral of the fleet (when that grade is used). An admiral is equal in grade or rank to a four star general. 0
  • noun admiral The ship which carries the admiral, the flagship; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet. 0
  • noun admiral (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A prince or Saracen leader under the Sultan. 0
  • noun admiral Any of various nymphalid butterflies of Europe and America, especially a red admiral or white admiral. 0
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