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Commodore

//ˈkɔ.mə.doɹ// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.
  2. 2
    a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral wordnet
  3. 3
    A (temporary) commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral.
  4. 4
    The leading ship in a fleet of merchantmen.
  5. 5
    The president of a yacht club.
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  1. 6
    A yacht-club president's vessel in a regatta.
  2. 7
    Ellipsis of commodore admiral. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  3. 8
    A rear admiral (lower half). US
  4. 9
    Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Parasarpa.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kommandeur, from Middle French commandeur. See command, compare commend (a doublet), and mandate.

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