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Admiral

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Noun

1. admiral, full admiral

the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral

2. admiral

any of several brightly colored butterflies

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Admiral

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noun
1. 
the supreme commander of a fleet or navy
2. Also called: admiral of the fleet, fleet admiral
a naval officer of the highest rank, equivalent to general of the army or field marshal
3. 
a senior naval officer entitled to fly his or her own flag
See also rear admiral, vice admiral
4. mainly British
the master of a fishing fleet
5. 
any of various nymphalid butterflies, esp the red admiral or white admiral

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Admiral

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noun
1. 
the commanding officer of a navy or fleet
2.  Us Navy
a. 
an officer of the highest rank, ranking just above a vice admiral and having the insignia of four stars
see also fleet admiral
b. 
generally, any of the officers ranking above a captain, with admiral as part of the title of their rank
3.  Archaic
a vessel carrying the admiral; flagship
4. 
any of various large, colorful butterflies (genera Limenitis and Vanessa) with unusually small forelegs

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Admiral

see synonyms of admiral
n.
1. The commander in chief of a fleet.
2. A flag officer.
3.
a. A commissioned rank in the US Navy or Coast Guard that is above vice admiral and below Fleet Admiral.
b. One who holds the rank of admiral, Fleet Admiral, rear admiral, or vice admiral.
4. Any of various brightly colored nymphalid butterflies of the genera Limenitis and Vanessa, especially V. atalanta, having black wings with red bands.
5. Archaic The ship carrying an admiral; flagship.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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