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Fleet admiral Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Fleet admiral has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an admiral of the highest rank

2

The highest grade of flag officer in the United States Navy, ranking above a four-star admiral and junior only to the Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of Defense, and the President of the United States; equal in grade or rank to a general of the army. Usually called admiral of the fleet in other navies.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
flag officer
Rhyming Words
ral tral ural oral gral aral kral aural jural loral acral moral dural meral sural boral rural coral feral viral
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