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air commodore
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noun British.
an air force officer of a rank comparable to an army brigadier general.
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Origin of air commodore
First recorded in 1915–20
Words nearby air commodore
air chamber, air chief marshal, air cleaner, air cock, air command, air commodore, air-con, air-condition, air conditioner, air conditioning, air conduction
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How to use air commodore in a sentence
Air commodore Houston was responding to results from the Australian ship Ocean Shield.
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British Dictionary definitions for air commodore
air commodore
noun
a senior officer of the Royal Air Force and certain other air forces, of equivalent rank to brigadier in the Army
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