Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The commander in chief of a fleet.
- noun A flag officer.
- noun A commissioned rank in the US Navy or Coast Guard that is above vice admiral and below Admiral of the Fleet.
- noun One who holds the rank of admiral, Admiral of the Fleet, rear admiral, or vice admiral.
- noun Any of various brightly colored nymphalid butterflies of the genera Limenitis and Vanessa, especially V. atalanta, having black wings with red bands.
- noun Archaic The ship carrying an admiral; flagship.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An emir or prince under the sultan; any Saracen ruler or commander.
- noun A naval officer of the highest rank; a commander-in-chief of a fleet.
- noun The recognized chief commander or director of a mercantile fleet, as one of fishing-vessels off Newfoundland or in the North Sea.
- noun The ship which carries the admiral; hence, the most considerable ship of any fleet, as of merchantmen or of fishing-vessels.
- noun A collectors' name for butterflies of the family Papilionidæ, especially the Limenitis camilla, distinguished as white admiral, and the Vanessa atalanta, or red admiral.
- noun A name given by collectors of shells to a univalve shell, the admiral-shell (which see).
- Carrying an admiral; chief in a fleet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are
admiral ,vice admiral , andrear admiral . Theadmiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets. - noun The ship which carries the admiral; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet.
- noun (Zoöl.) A handsome butterfly (
Pyrameis Atalanta ) of Europe and America. The larva feeds on nettles. - noun (Zoöl.) the popular name of an ornamental cone shell (
Conus admiralis ). - noun a great officer of state, who (when this rare dignity is conferred) is at the head of the naval administration of Great Britain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces.
- noun A naval officer of high rank, immediately below
Admiral of the Fleet ; the commander of a fleet or squadron. - noun A
flag officer in theUnited States Navy orCoast Guard of a grade superior tovice admiral and junior toadmiral of the fleet (when that grade is used). An admiral is equal in grade or rank to a four stargeneral . - noun The ship which carries the admiral, the
flagship ; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet. - noun obsolete A prince or Saracen leader under the Sultan.
- noun Any of various nymphalid
butterflies of Europe and America, especially ared admiral orwhite admiral .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several brightly colored butterflies
- noun the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He is an admiral, do you understand, an _admiral_! "
Madge Morton's Secret Amy D. V. Chalmers
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The team, led by a four-star admiral, is on three days, off seven.
Barry Toll 2010
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What Winston Churchill once wrote about a certain German admiral seems apposite here: "He was like a cut flower in a vase; fair to see, yet bound to die, and to die very soon if the water was not constantly renewed."
China and the Next American Century Bret Stephens 2010
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Fortunately, Rep Joe Sestak (D-PA), a retired admiral from the United States Navy, was there to defend the rights of Americans against the slander of Mr. DeLay, alleged human being.
Bugspit 2007
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In the Roman era Megabazus was called the admiral in chief of 480 B.C., which may be an echo of such a status.
The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004
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In the Roman era Megabazus was called the admiral in chief of 480 B.C., which may be an echo of such a status.
The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004
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David made Saavik acutely uncomfortable when he referred to the admiral in such an angry, abusive tone.
THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK VONDA N.MCINTYRE 1990
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“Maybe what we need more than another admiral is another James Kirk.”
Star Trek: TNG: Losing the Peace William Leisner 2009
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Though the admiral was a perfectly nice and personable woman, she was not in the habit of casually dropping by to visit junior officers.
Star Trek: TNG: Losing the Peace William Leisner 2009
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“Maybe what we need more than another admiral is another James Kirk.”
Star Trek: TNG: Losing the Peace William Leisner 2009
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