rear admiral

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noun

U.S. Navy, Coast Guard. a commissioned officer next in rank below a vice-admiral.

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Origin of rear admiral

First recorded in 1580–90

Words nearby rear admiral

reapportionment, reappraisal, reappraise, rear, Rear Adm., rear admiral, Reardon, rear echelon, rear end, rear-ender, rearguard

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How to use rear admiral in a sentence

In order to get anybody up to the captain, the rear admiral, to vice admiral, to full four-star admiral, it takes a concerted effort of mentorship, paying attention to who’s available, who’s on the bench.
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What if you just want eyes on the back of your head, you want forward and rear-facing cameras?
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And then I said, ‘Well, chief, when the admiral comes aboard, the first mate has to pipe him in.’
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George Cook, a middle-age black man from the Bronx, brought up the rear.
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Shouts came from the rear of the crowd for “no violence,” shouts that went largely unheeded.
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At the rear end of the park is a wall or divider maybe six or seven feet high and about twice that wide.
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As the bright glow of a little cascade of sparks pierced the darkness, a voice in our rear called sharply: "Hands up!"
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He went himself to the kitchen, which was a building apart from the cottages and lying to the rear of the house.
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If we had shot 'em without discrimination, the cowards would have got bold, seein' that they weren't safer in rear than in front.
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Going back we had some long range shots with the 15-inch guns at batteries in rear of Achi Baba.
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So Lawrence find Harry rode ahead, the squad some fifteen or twenty paces in the rear, leisurely following.
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British Dictionary definitions for rear admiral

rear admiral

noun

an officer holding flag rank in any of certain navies, junior to a vice admiral

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