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ADMIRALTY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The office of admiral
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("admiralty" is a kind of...):
berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("admiralty" is a kind of...):
government department (a department of government)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
