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rear admiral

Word definitions for rear admiral in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Rear admiral is a commissioned naval officer rank in the United States Navy , the United States Coast Guard , the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps , and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context military nautical English) a naval officer below the rank of vice admiral, originally in charge of a fleet's rear formation. 2 (context slang English) A proctologist

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The captain and rear admiral , viewing the aircraft-launching operations from the island, are blinded by the flash.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rear \Rear\, a. Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company. Rear admiral , an officer in the navy, next in rank below a vice admiral and above a commodore. See Admiral . Rear front (Mil.), the rear rank of a body of ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an admiral junior to a vice admiral

Usage examples of rear admiral.

Vice Admiral Toke, Rear Admiral Crashpad, and acting Commodore Head, for their part, stood in the passageway, looking at each other uncertainly.

Snyder swallowed audibly, and the rear admiral gave him a wintry smile.

They may not be exactly delighted by the spectacle of a captain helping a rear admiral shoot his own .

That was the only way a person like Ransom could possibly interpret Tourville's actions, as the first move in some plot to overthrow the Committee's authority, because it would never occur to her that the citizen rear admiral had acted out of a sense of decency.

That was the only way a person like Ransom could possibly interpret Tourvilles actions, as the first move in some plot to overthrow the Committee's authority, because it would never occur to her that the citizen rear admiral had acted out of a sense of decency.

Warlock was on her way to Tillerman, at the far end of Rear Admiral Khumalo's southern patrol line.

When Daddy made rear admiral and came ashore, Pedro came with him.