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admiral.

an admiral (a naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces)

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Meaning & usage

noun/admɪˈrɑːl/
  1. an admiral (a naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces)

    masculine
  2. a commander-in-chief of a collection of ships belonging to an admiralty

    historical · masculine
  3. the red admiral (a bright red and black butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) of the family Nymphalidae)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old French admiral, from Medieval Latin admiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”) under influence from admīrārī (“to admire, to respect”).

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