commodore

1. A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.

   Kommodore, Flottillenadmiral

   коммодо́рkommodór

   a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral

2. A (temporary) commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral.

   Kommodore, Flottekapitän

3. The leading ship in a fleet of merchantmen.

4. The president of a yacht club.

5. A yacht-club president's vessel in a regatta.

6. (US)A rear admiral (lower half).

7. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Parasarpa.

1. His multifarious experience made him a natural choice for promotion to commodore.

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2. The crew whispered that the commodore's limp came from a musket ball that shattered his fibula.

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