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flag officer
flag officern. An officer in the navy or coast guard holding a rank higher than captain, such as rear admiral, vice admiral, or admiral.flag officer n 1. (Military) an officer in certain navies of the rank of rear admiral or above and entitled to fly its flag 2. (Sailing) the head of a boat or yacht club flag′ of`ficer
n. a naval officer above the rank of captain. [1655–65] flag officerA term applied to an officer holding the rank of general, lieutenant general, major general, or brigadier general in the US Army, Air Force or Marine Corps or admiral, vice admiral, or rear admiral in the US Navy or Coast Guard.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  flag officer - a senior naval officer above the rank of captainarmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"admiral, full admiral - the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiralcommissioned naval officer - a commissioned officer in the navyfive-star admiral, fleet admiral - an admiral of the highest rankrear admiral - an admiral junior to a vice admiralvice admiral - an admiral ranking below a full admiral and above a rear admiral |
TranslationsFlag Officer
Flag Officer (1) The commander of a fleet or large naval unit, entitled to display an ensign indicating his command rank. In joint naval operations there may be senior flag officers—commanders of larger units—and junior flag officers—commanders of subordinate units. (2) Any one of four military ranks held by members of the higher command staff of the Soviet Navy between 1935 and 1940; the ranks included flag officer of the fleet first and second class and flag officer first and second class. In 1940 the title was abolished, and the admiral ranks were introduced. AcronymsSeeFOflag officer
Words related to flag officernoun a senior naval officer above the rank of captainRelated Words- armed forces
- armed services
- military
- military machine
- war machine
- admiral
- full admiral
- commissioned naval officer
- five-star admiral
- fleet admiral
- rear admiral
- vice admiral
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