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commodore (iou)



commodore noun. Orig. also commandore. L17.
[Prob. from Dutch komandeur from French commandeur COMMANDER.]
a. A naval officer ranking above a captain and below a rear admiral. L17.
b. A commodore's ship; the principal or the second ship of a group. Now rare or obsolete. L17.
The senior captain of a company of ships or of a shipping line. M19.
The senior officer of a yacht-club. M19.
air commodore, a commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force, above a group captain and below an air vice-marshal. E20.