admiral
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5.4
- noun
- /ˈæd.mɪr.əl/
:
almirante
- The admiral commanded the fleet with confidence during the naval exercise.
- vice admiral
- retired admiral
- serve as admiral
You may be a great one star Admiral after this.
- You may be a great one star Admiral after this.
- Look at Sir Francis Drake, look at Admiral Nelson and so on.
- That captain got promoted to Admiral and that kid is dead.
- And he's like, your ancestor was the Admiral of the Ottoman Navy when they conquered Constantinople.
- You know, of course it talks about Stockdale, the, the at that time jet pilot, now Admiral who, you know, drew upon Epictetus.
- At this point, the Western Front was holding, Russia was in disarray, and sinkings at sea were growing and growing, Admiral Edouard von Capelle told the Reichstag.
- And the reportedly, the Admiral says, OK, you did it.
- but you know, you've had, you've had Admirals that have been I think
- Under the Soviet regime, Admiral Kolchak's name was disgraced.
- General Goya beans, Admiral, my pillow guy, what are your orders?
- This when I learned this lesson from Admiral Stockdale of this duality.
- So we sent a report in, was carried in by Admiral by the name of Jake Stewart.
Examples
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It's against protocol to come without an admiral to command the ship, right?
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Among the bureaucrats, the admiral looked and probably felt out of place.
Fiction book (2000) -
And so they said, OK, the Admiral sitting there is going, what do we do now?
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"Do it!" One did not get to be an admiral without learning how to give orders.
Fiction book (1992) -
But the admiral has been talking to me for years, at least ten years.
Fiction book (1999) -
"No one in Washington is going to tell us," the admiral said matter-of-factly.
Fiction book (2000) -
This time as well, Admiral Yi lost no ships.
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She's the daughter of an English admiral.
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This time, however, Admiral Yi was not present to advise caution.
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Hamilton retired as a rear admiral and served as the University of Pittsburgh's athletic director from 1949 to 1959.
Academic text (2014)
Synonyms
A very senior navy officer who commands a fleet of ships
Compounds
- Specialized
2
6.1
A senior navy officer who commands a group of ships and ranks above a captain
A dark butterfly with a wide white band on its wings that lives in North American woods
How Senior
Surface Forms
Etymology
Admiral comes from an old Arabic phrase amīr al-bahr which means 'commander of the sea'. So an admiral is the top leader of ships and fleets.