| Noun | 1. | admiral - the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiralflag 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) | |