admiral. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

admiral

SYLLABICATION:	ad·mi·ral
PRONUNCIATION:	dmr-l
NOUN:	1. The commander in chief of a fleet. 2. A flag officer. 3a. abbr. ADM or Adm. A commissioned rank in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard that is above vice admiral and below Admiral of the Fleet. b. One who holds the rank of admiral, Admiral of the Fleet, rear admiral, or vice admiral. 4. Any of various brightly colored butterflies of the genera Limenitis and Vanessa. 5. Archaic The ship carrying an admiral; flagship.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English amiral, admiral, from Old French and from Medieval Latin amrlis, admrlis, both from Arabic ’amr al- …, commander of the … : ’amr, commander; see mr¹ in Appendix II + al-, the.


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