fleet admiral
1
8.2
- noun
- /flit ˈædmərəl/
- Specialized
:
almirante de la flota
- I'm a fleet admiral too.
Examples
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I'm fleet admiral, and I'm telling you to hit the road.
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The fleet admiral oversees all naval operations and ensures the safety of the country's maritime interests.
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I didn't realize you were a fleet admiral.
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As a fleet admiral, she was responsible for coordinating the deployment of ships across multiple oceans.
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The new fleet admiral was tasked with modernizing the navy and improving its strategic capabilities.
Synonyms
A very senior navy officer ranked with five stars during wartime
How Senior
- Specialized
1
8.2
- Formal
1
6.8
- Specialized
2
6.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an admiral of the highest rank in charge of a country's naval fleet' is directly derivable from combining 'fleet' (a group of vessels) and 'admiral' (a top-ranking naval officer). The noun+noun composition indicates scope/association rather than an idiomatic shift, and this compositional pattern is common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Fleet admiral combines fleet meaning 'group of ships' and admiral meaning 'leader of ships', so picture one senior officer on a flagship giving orders to many ships. That's why fleet admiral means the top admiral in charge of all those ships.