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commodore

DEFINITIONS OF: commodore

1

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

Examples:
Oliver Hazard 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)
Type of:
commissioned naval officer
a commissioned officer in the navy
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