| 单词 | admiral of the fleet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasadmiral of the fleet admiral of the fleet n. (a) a senior commanding officer of a naval fleet or navy; (in Britain, Australia and other countries) spec. (the title of) an officer of the highest rank, corresponding to that of field marshal in the army; (b) = admiral ship n.1 (now chiefly historical). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > flagship admiral of the fleet1512 admiral ship1539 admiral1557 rear admiral1578 vice-admiralc1595 flag1652 flagship1672 1512 in Lett. & Papers Henry VIII (1864) I. 663 To Syr Edward Haward, knyght, chief captein and admyral of the Flete for his wages. 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. sig. av The lorde Clynton, lorde Admirall of the flete, whiche was of .lxv. vessels. 1644 R. Boothby True Declar. Intollerable Wrongs 17 That honest, judicious, generous Captain, Iohn Morton, Commander of the Mary, the Admirall of the Fleet. 1693 tr. Present State Europe Nov. 448 His Majesty..had appointed the Right Honourable Edward Russel, to be Admiral of the Fleet. 1704 J. Chamberlayne Chamberlayne's Angliæ Notitia (ed. 21) 572 Admirals of the Fleet..White, Sir Cloudesly Shovel, Admiral. James Wishart, Esq. Vice-Admiral. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 48 The Union Flag or Jack being the distinctive flag or mark of an Admiral of the Fleet. 1862 Queen's Regul. Naval Service 17 The Admiral of the Fleet, and the Admirals of the Red, White, and Blue, shall wear their proper Flag. 1943 H. Saunders Combined Operations vii. 52 Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes was succeeded as Director of Combined Operations by Captain the Lord Louis Mountbatten. 1996 Observer 31 Mar. (Review section) 4/5 The former admiral of the Fleet Lord Peter Hill-Norton unleashed a cannonade of invective. < as lemmas |
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