That part of a war-ship which does the talking while the figure-head does the thinking.
A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets.
The ship which carries the admiral; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet.
A Naval Term to describe a rank. The word itself is of Arabic origin (Emir-el-Bahr - means Lord of the Seas). It came to us through the French and first appears in English records at the end of the 13th Century. Vice-Admiral came into use with the British about 1550, Rear-Admiral about 1600 and Admiral of the Fleet at the end of the 17th Century, apparently first being mentioned in an Order in Council of 1693, dealing with the pay of Flag Officers.
a ship of any type on which the commander of the expedition sailed. It was usually the largest, best, or safest ship in the fleet.
the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral
a senior ranking officer in the U
a senior ranking officer in the US Navy, and the word signifies a commander of a fleet, or part of a fleet, in all maritime nations
Literally translated “commander of the seas†is the Admiral the highest rank in the navy.
Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers.
Admiral is a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, outranked only by the rank Admiral of the Fleet.
Admiral (admiraal) is a rank of the Royal Netherlands Navy (Koninklijke Marine) that can be held by either an Naval officer appointed by the government or a member of the royal family. The nobility connection to the rank of Admiral possibly originated in 1830 when King William I promoted his son prince Frederik (who was already the Secretary of State for War and Navy) to the rank of Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. The next promotion to Admiral took place in 1879 when King William III made his brother, Prince Hendrik, Admiral to honor him for a long career in the Navy.
Admiral is a rank of the German Navy that first appeared in the 19th century and was expanded in the early 20th century as part of a build-up and mobilization in preparation for the First World War. The rank again saw a resurgence during the Second World War. There were many famous German Admirals during these formative years of German naval power, among them Alfred von Tirpitz and Karl Dönitz.
Admiral (Amiral). According to current practice only royalties and the Commander in Chief carry the title of Admiral in Sweden. Vice Admirals, Rear Admirals and Flotilla Admirals are addressed as Admirals in daily speech.
Admiral is the second highest commissioned Starfleet officer rank in the Star Trek fictional universe. This flag rank is analogous to the actual rank of admiral, the second highest military rank – below fleet admiral and above vice admiral – in many navies, particularly the United States Navy after which the rank system in Starfleet is largely based. "Admiral" is also the abbreviated title often used to address rear, vice, and fleet admirals.
