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Definition of 'commodore'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) commodore
(formerly) a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard ranking above a captain: replaced by rear admiral, lower half.

2.  commodore
an officer in the British navy in temporary command of a squadron.

3.  commodore
the senior captain when two or more ships of war are cruising in company.

4.  commodore
(in the U.S. Navy and Merchant Marine) the officer in command of a convoy.

5.  commodore
the senior captain of a line of merchant vessels.

6.  commodore
the head of a yacht or boat club.

Etymology: (1685–95; earlier commandore, perh. < D komandeur < F commandeurcommander)

Definition of 'commodore'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) commodore
a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral

Definition of 'commodore'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) commodore
an officer who ranks next above a captain; sometimes, by courtesy, the senior captain of a squadron. The rank of commodore corresponds with that of brigadier general in the army

2. (noun) commodore
a captain commanding a squadron, or a division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear admiral

3. (noun) commodore
a title given by courtesy to the senior captain of a line of merchant vessels, and also to the chief officer of a yachting or rowing club

4. (noun) commodore
a familiar for the flagship, or for the principal vessel of a squadron or fleet

Translation of 'commodore'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: in the British navy, (of) the rank next above captain.
Afrikaans: kommodoor	Arabic: قائِد، عَميد بَحْري	Bulgarian: старши капитан
Brazilian: comodoro	Czech: komodor	German: der Flottenadmiral
Danish: kommandør	Greek: αρχιπλοίαρχος	Spanish: comodoro
Estonian: kommodoor	Farsi: دریادار؛ ناخدای ارشد	Finnish: kommodori
French: commodore	Hebrew: קוֹמוֹדוֹר	Hindi: कप्तान, कमाडोर
Croatian: kapetan bojnog broda	Hungarian: sorhajókapitány	Indonesian: komodor
Icelandic: sjóliðsforingi	Italian: commodoro	Japanese: 准将
Korean: 제독	Lithuanian: komodoras	Latvian: komodors
Malay: laksamana pertama	Dutch: commandeur	Norwegian: kommandør
Polish: dowódca związku taktyczne	Persian: دریادار؛ ناخدای ارشد	Pashto: بحرى منصبدار چه له كپتان
Portuguese: comodoro	Romanian: comandor	Russian: коммодор
Slovak: komodor	Slovenian: komodor	Serbian: komandant eskadrile
Swedish: kommendör	Thai: พลเรือจัตวา	Turkish: albay
Taiwanese: 海軍準將	Ukrainian: комодор; старший офіцер е	Urdu: بحریہ کا ایک عہدہ
Vietnamese: đại tá hải quân	Chinese: 海军准将
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