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单词 flag-officer
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flag-officern.

Brit. /ˈflaɡˌɒfᵻsə/, U.S. /ˈflæɡˌɔfəsər/, /ˈflæɡˌɑfəsər/
Etymology: < flag n.4 + officer n.
Nautical.
An officer who carries a flag.
a. An admiral, vice-admiral, or rear-admiral.
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a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1665 (1955) III. 414 I went on board the Charles, to which..came all the flag-officers to his Majestie.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 341 He formerly appointed the flag officers.
1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 119 The rank of a flag-officer.
1870 Colomb Let. Apr. in Fifteen Years Naval Retirem. 5 Fifty Flag Officers is too few.
b. In U.S. navy 1857–1862 the official title of an officer in actual command of a squadron ( Cent. Dict.).
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1859 in Gen. Navy Reg. U.S.A. (1888) 931 The commission of senior flag officer of the United States Navy.
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