admiral
noun /ˈædmərəl/
/ˈædmərəl/
- an officer of very high rank in the navy
- The admiral visited the ships under his command.
- Admiral Lord Nelson
Wordfindersee also Fleet Admiral, rear admiral, red admiral, vice admiralTopics War and conflictc1, Transport by waterc1- admiral
- aircraft carrier
- base
- captain
- command
- fleet
- navy
- submarine
- torpedo
- warship
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- rear
- vice
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Fleet Admiral
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting an emir, a Muslim leader, or Saracen commander): from Old French amiral, admirail, via medieval Latin from Arabic 'amīr ‘commander’ (from 'amara ‘to command’). The ending -al was from Arabic -al- ‘of the’, used in titles (e.g. 'amīr-al-'umarā ‘ruler of rulers’), later assimilated to the familiar Latinate suffix -al.