rear admiral

n.1. A commissioned rank in the US Navy or Coast Guard above captain and below vice admiral. The rank is split into rear admiral, upper half and rear admiral, lower half (formerly commodore).2. One who holds this rank.

rear admiral

n (Nautical Terms) an officer holding flag rank in any of certain navies, junior to a vice admiral

rear′ ad′miral

n. a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard ranking above a captain. [1580–90]

Thesaurus

Noun

rear admiral - an admiral junior to a vice admiralflag officer - a senior naval officer above the rank of captain

Translations

contrammiraglioконтр-адмирал

rear admiral

an officer holding flag rank in any of certain navies, junior to a vice admiral

Rear Admiral

(Russian, kontr-admiral; from French, contre-amiral), the lowest (junior) admiral’s rank in the navies of the majority of states, corresponding to the rank of major general in the ground forces. In Russia the rank of rear admiral was introduced in 1699; for a time in the early 18th century, the Russian Navy had the ranks of shautbenakht and arir-admiral instead. The rank of rear admiral was definitively established by the Table of Ranks of Jan. 24, 1722. In the Soviet Navy the rank of rear admiral was reintroduced by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on May 7, 1940.

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rear admiral

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Words related to rear admiral

noun an admiral junior to a vice admiral

Related Words

flag officer

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