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单词 high admiral
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High Admiraln.

Brit. /ˌhʌɪ ˈadm(ə)rəl/, /ˌhʌɪ ˈadm(ə)rl̩/, U.S. /ˌhaɪ ˈædm(ə)rəl/
Forms: see high adj. and n.2 and admiral n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., admiral n.
Etymology: < high adj. + admiral n.
1. Now historical.
a. (The title of) the chief officer of the British Royal Navy.Later largely superseded by Lord High Admiral.
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1523 Ld. Dacre Let. 18 Oct. (BL MS Cotton Caligula B/II) f. 257 My Singuler good lorde my lorde of [Su]rrey treasourer and high admirall Englande.
1548 N. Bodrugan Epitome Title to Souereigntie Scotl. sig. aiiiv The right noble duke of Somerset, and lorde Seimour of Sudeley, your graces high Admirall.
1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 iii. iii. 253 Our high Admirall, Shall waft them [sc. soldiers] safelie to the English coast.
1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. ix. xxiv. 859/1 For preuenting those long threatned stormes, shee sent Charles Howard Lord Baron of Effingham, high Admirall of England, vnto the seas.
a1641 H. Spelman Of Admiral-Jurisd. in Eng. Wks. (1723) II. 224 The High Admiral himself cannot grant it for longer than his own time, being but a Trust and fiduciary Power.
1722 Hist. of Eng. to Death Queen Anne II. 93 Bonquet..and the Bishop of Paris..were met on Black-Heath, by the Earl of Surrey, High-Admiral of England.
1785 J. Kent Biogr. Nautica (new ed.) V. 3 The high-admiral issued his commission for a court-martial.
1828 Times 13 Aug. He determined to remain inactive until he learned the fate of a despatch he had addressed to the High Admiral.
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. viii. 715 Conferring the whole Admiralty jurisdiction..on one person, under the style of High Admiral.
2001 R. Maxwell Virgin (2002) 170 The evidence of Seymour's rebellion..was nevertheless more than sufficient to bring the High Admiral to justice.
b. (The title of) a high-ranking officer in the navies of various countries or regions (often representing or translating an analogous term in the local language).
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > naval officer > flag officer > admiral
admiral1429
High Admiral1538
general1578
general at sea1600
Admiral (also Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral) of the Blue1653
flag1665
1538 J. Davy Let. 24 Jan. (P.R.O.: SP 3/3) f. 2 I Reseuyd a letter from the conntroller of Fecaime wyche ys the hey amyrall of France.
1608 G. Chapman Trag. Duke of Byron i. i, in Conspiracie Duke of Byron sig. I3 Soone after he was marshall of the campe. And shortly after, marshall Generall: He was receiued high Admirall of France.
1729 J. Ogilvie tr. P. Giannone Civil Hist. Kingdom Naples I. xi. ii. 543 Therefore the Office of High Admiral in these Times was look'd upon as most honourable and illustrious.
1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece III. xx. 149 Cnemus, the Spartan navarch, or high admiral.
1889 J. L. Motley Rise of Dutch Republic III. i. 71 The Venetian High-Admiral replied with words of enthusiasm.
1905 C. F. Warwick Mirabeau & French Revol. 326 He [sc. Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans] was to have succeeded to the position of High Admiral.
1940 G. Hill Hist. Cyprus I. ix. 197 Of the others, all, except one, held the position of high admiral (nauarchos) as that of strategos and high-priest.
2015 D. McElvogue Tudor Warship Mary Rose 49/1 On the French side, casualties were also high and included Mons de Clermont, High Admiral of France.
2. The admiral cone shell, Conus ammiralis, of the Indian Ocean and west Pacific, the shell of which is typically chestnut and yellow with triangular white markings. Cf. admiral n. 6. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Conidae > member of genus Conus
High Admiral1757
vice-admiral1813
1757 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 64/1 [Shell] No. 5. Is called the Admiral, or High Admiral, and is a much esteemed shell.
1786 Catal. Portland Mus. (Skinner & Co.) 26 A fine Conus Ammiralis, L. or High Admiral, with 9 bands.
1822 J. Mawe Wodarch's Introd. Study Conchol. (ed. 2) iii. 73 Of the high-admiral alone the varieties are incalculable.
1855 H. G. Adams Beautiful Shells 36 Curious names have been given to some of them [sc. cone shells], such, for instance, as the High Admiral, Vice Admiral, and Guinea Admiral, which indicate the rank they hold in the estimation of collectors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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