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flag rank
noun
naval rank above that of captain.
flag rank
noun
the rank of a flag officer
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flag rank1
First recorded in 1890–95
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Braithwaite trained as a naval aviator, and after 21 years of military service, was the first of his class to earn a flag rank.
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Consider the sheer number of officers awarded flag rank in Venezuela.
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Chang was among the first naturalized Asian American naval officers to achieve flag rank in the U.S. military.
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In June 1874 he was appointed to the command of the “Monarch” in the Channel Fleet, from which he was relieved in March 1876 by his promotion to flag rank.
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Naval Academy in 1985, colleagues sensed that Graf was on a fast track to flag rank.
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