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Admiral

noun

The supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral. Synonym: full admiral.

Any of several brightly colored butterflies.

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... R.N. (now Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon, K.C.B.), climbed up a tree overhanging this wall, in order to see what was going on behind it; he succeeded in obtaining useful information, but on being perceived, was fired at and badly wounded. He ...

— Forty-one years in India - From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief • Frederick Sleigh Roberts

... entrance to the moat-house. Miss Heredith paused by two brass cannon, which stood on the lawn in a clump of ornamental foliage, with an inscription stating that they had been taken from the Passe-partout, a French vessel captured by Admiral Heredith in the Indian ...

— The Hand in the Dark • Arthur J. Rees

... Deligates to the Peace Table brought their Golf Clubs We can see now how Admiral Graysons Pupil stacks up ...

— Rogers-isms, the Cowboy Philosopher on the Peace Conference • Will Rogers

... no ship for me just at the moment when I next turn up at Port Royal, and in that case I may have a short spell of shore duty before again going afloat. But, in any case, I am anxious to return and report to the Admiral the unfortunate result of my encounter with the pirates, and undergo my trial by court-martial for the loss ...

— A Middy of the King - A Romance of the Old British Navy • Harry Collingwood

... War soon broke out again by reason of a plot by the King to arrest the Prince de Conde and Admiral Chatillon at Noyers. As a result of the military preparations the Prince de Montpensier was forced to leave his wife and report for duty. Chabannes, who had been restored to the Queen's favour, went with him. It was not without much sorrow that he left the Princess, while ...

— The Princess of Montpensier • Madame de La Fayette

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