commodore

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[edit] Etymology

From Dutch kommandeur, from French commandeur, from Old French comandeor "commander".

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Singular
commodore

Plural
commodores

commodore (plural commodores)

  1. (military, nautical) A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.
  2. (nautical) A (temporary) commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral.
  3. (nautical) The president of a yacht club
  4. (US, military, nautical) A commodore admiral
  5. (US, military, nautical) A rear admiral lower half

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The equivalent army rank is brigadier, senior colonel, brigadier general, or lowest ranking general officer grade.

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  • IPA: /kɔ.mɔ.dɔʁ/

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commodore m. and f. (plural commodores)

  1. (military, nautical) commodore, a naval military rank between captain (capitaine de vaisseau or capitaine de croiseur) and rear admiral (contre-amiral)

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