commodore.
A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.
Meaning & usage
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.
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Proto-Italic *manuðō Latin mandō Latin commendō ▲ Latin mandōinflu. Latin commandāre Old French comander Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eor Old French comandeor Middle French commandeur French commandeurbor. Dutch kommandeurbor. English commodore Borrowed from Dutch kommandeur, from Middle French commandeur. See command, compare commend (a doublet), and mandate.
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