COMMODORE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("commodore" is a kind of...):

commissioned naval officer (a commissioned officer in the navy)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Instance hyponyms:

Commodore Perry; Oliver Hazard Perry; Perry (United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819))

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