commodore

About 1.48 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.
2. noun A (temporary) commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral.
3. noun The leading ship in a fleet of merchantmen.
4. noun The president of a yacht club.
5. noun A yacht-club president's vessel in a regatta.
6. noun Ellipsis of commodore admiral.
7. noun A rear admiral (lower half).
8. noun Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Parasarpa.

Similar words

admiral radm colonel brigadier commander vice-admiral rear-admiral shipmaster rear admiral flag officer

Often followed by

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Word family

commodores