commodore
nounEtymology
Borrowed from Dutch kommandeur, from Middle French commandeur. See command, compare commend (a doublet), and mandate.
- derived from commandeur
- borrowed from kommandeur
Definitions
A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.
A (temporary) commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral.
The leading ship in a fleet of merchantmen.
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The president of a yacht club.
A yacht-club president's vessel in a regatta.
Ellipsis of commodore admiral.
A rear admiral (lower half).
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Parasarpa.
A surname.
The neighborhood
- synonymsenior captainnon-flag naval rank
- synonymfleet captainnon-flag naval rank
- synonymflag captainnon-flag naval rank
- synonymshipmaster senior grade
- neighborbrigadier general
- neighborsenior colonel
Derived
air commodore, Commie, commodora, commodore admiral, Commodorian
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