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COMMODORE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does commodore mean?
• COMMODORE (noun)
The noun COMMODORE has 1 sense:
1. a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral
Familiarity information: COMMODORE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("commodore" is a kind of...):
commissioned naval officer (a commissioned officer in the navy)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Instance hyponyms:
Commodore Perry; Oliver Hazard Perry; Perry (United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819))
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