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Webster 1913 Edition
Commodore
Com′mo-doreˊ
,Noun.
1.
(U. S. Navy)
An officer who ranks next above a captain; sometimes, by courtesy, the senior captain of a squadron. The rank of commodore corresponds with that of brigadier general in the army.
2.
(British Navy)
A captain commanding a squadron, or a division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear admiral.
3.
A title given by courtesy to the senior captain of a line of merchant vessels, and also to the chief officer of a yachting or rowing club.
4.
A familiar for the flagship, or for the principal vessel of a squadron or fleet.
Webster 1828 Edition
Commodore
COMMODORE
,Noun.
1.
The officer who commands a squadron or detachment of ships, destined on a particular enterprise. In the British marine, he bears the rank of a brigadier-general in the army, and his ship is distinguished by a broad red pendant, tapering to the outer end, and sometimes forked.2.
A title given by courtesy to the senior captain, when three or more ships of war are cruising in company.3.
The convoy or leading ship in a fleet of merchantmen, which carries a light in her top to conduct the other ships.Definition 2024
commodore
commodore
English
Noun
commodore (plural commodores)
- (military, nautical) A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.
- (nautical) A (temporary) commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral.
- (nautical) The president of a yacht club
- (US, military, nautical) A commodore admiral
- (US, military, nautical) A rear admiral (lower half)
Synonyms
- (non-flag naval rank): senior captain, fleet captain, flag captain
- (nautical): senior captain, fleet captain, flag captain, shipmaster senior grade
- (flag naval rank): CDRE , COMO (abbreviation)
- (naval rank): Cmdre , Cmdre. (abbreviation)
Usage notes
The equivalent army rank is brigadier, senior colonel, brigadier general, or lowest ranking general officer grade.
Coordinate terms
Translations
a commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.mɔ.dɔʁ/
Noun
commodore m, f (plural commodores)
- (military, nautical) commodore, a naval military rank between captain (capitaine de vaisseau or capitaine de croiseur) and rear admiral (contre-amiral)
Synonyms
- cmdre, cmdre. (abbreviation)