WordNet
n. an admiral of the highest rank; five-star admiral
Wikipedia
Fleet Admiral (abbreviated FADM), officially known as "Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy", is a five-star flag officer rank in the United States Navy. Fleet admiral ranks immediately above admiral and is equivalent to General of the Army and General of the Air Force. There are currently no fleet admirals on active duty and no living officer of this rank; the last living United States Navy fleet admiral was Chester W. Nimitz who died in 1966.
The rank of fleet admiral is common in many science fiction sources as a senior military officer who commands a fleet of spaceships and the rank has been mentioned in numerous films, television productions, and science fiction literature sources.
The following are some of the more common occurrences of the fleet admiral rank within the realm of science fiction.
Usage examples of "fleet admiral".
She did not want to explain Zebara to a Fleet admiral, especially not this Fleet admiral, but there was no other way.
The officers who filled TFNS Irena Riva y Silvas flag briefing room rose as Raymond Prescott - now Fleet Admiral Prescott, commanding Seventh Fleet - entered.
There could be more than one Allied flag officer on Hell, but there was no way there would be more than one fleet admiral.
Honor was only a commodore in the RMN, but she thought and acted like the fleet admiral she was in Grayson service .
Honor was only a commodore in the RMN, but she thought and acted like the fleet admiral she was in Grayson service .
The Earl was widely acknowledged as the premier field commander of the entire Manticoran Alliance after his brilliant performance in Operation Buttercup, and the Grayson Space Navy had granted him the rank of Fleet Admiral in its service.
Roon's racial viewpoint is beneath comment The shooting down of Fleet Admiral Yamamoto was ordered by the secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox, a former newspaper Publisher.
The other wore an officer's undress harness with the four planetary clusters of a fleet admiral.