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Definitions for Admiral
[1] the commander in chief of a fleet.
[2] a naval officer of the highest rank.
[3] a naval officer of a high rank: the grades in the U.S. Navy are fleet admiral, admiral, vice-admiral, and rear admiral.
[4] Obsolete . the flagship of an admiral.
[5] British . a master who directs a fishing fleet.
[6] any of several often brightly colored butterflies of the family Nymphalidae, as Vanessa atalanta (red admiral) .
[7] the supreme commander of a fleet or navy
[8] Also called: admiral of the fleet , fleet admiral a naval officer of the highest rank, equivalent to general of the army or field marshal
[9] a senior naval officer entitled to fly his own flag See also rear admiral, vice admiral
[10] mainly British the master of a fishing fleet
[11] any of various nymphalid butterflies, esp the red admiral or white admiral
Words related to Admiral
legislature, management, ministry, executive, cabinet, bureau, board, committee, department, presidency, upstairs, general, chair, president, commander, consulate, chairperson, headquarters, embassy, command
Words nearby Admiral
administrator, administratrix, admirable, admirable bolete, admirable crichton, the, admiral, admiral of the fleet, admiralty, admiralty board, admiralty cloth, admiralty house
Origin of Admiral
1175–1225; Middle English, variant of amiral < Old French < Arabic amīr al commander of the; -d- < Medieval Latin admīrābilis mundī for Arabic amīr al-mu'minīn commander of the faithful; or with replacement of a-5 by ad-, as in administer
Other words from Admiral
ad·mi·ral·ship , noun
Word origin for Admiral
C13: amyral, from Old French amiral emir, and from Medieval Latin admīrālis (the spelling with d probably influenced by admīrābilis admirable); both from Arabic amīr emir, commander, esp in the phrase amīr-al commander of, as in amīr-al-bahr commander of the sea
Synonyms for Admiral
Admiral of the Fleet, five-star admiral, navarch