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Admiral

Noun1.admiral - the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral
flag officer - a senior naval officer above the rank of captain
Bligh, Captain Bligh, William Bligh - British admiral; was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat; a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away (1754-1817)
Drake, Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake - English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
Admiral Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Lord Nelson, Nelson, Viscount Nelson - English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805)
Isoroku Yamamoto, Yamamoto - Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (1884-1943)
2.admiral - any of several brightly colored butterflies
brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly - medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast

 

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