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nounthe supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral
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Definition that contains admiral
- nelson English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805)
- vanessa painted beauty and red admiral
- perry United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (1794-1858)
- admiral the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral
- hamilton English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815)
- drake English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
- yamamoto Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (1884-1943)
- commodore a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral
- admiralty the office of admiral
- farragut United States admiral who commanded Union ships during the American Civil War (1801-1870)