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English

Etymology

From kommandeur, from commandeur, from comandeor "commander".

Noun

A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.
A (temporary) commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral.
The president of a yacht club

Translations

Finnish: lippueamiraali

Finnish: kommodori

Finnish: kommodori

Category:Military ranks

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Commodore \Com"mo*dore`\, n. [Prob. a corruption of commander,
or Sp. comendador a knight of a military order who holds a
commandery; also a superior of a monastery, fr. LL.
commendare to command. Cf. Commend, Command,
Commander.]
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.
[1913 Webster]

2. (British Navy) A captain commanding a squadron, or a
division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear
admiral.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

4. A familiar for the flagship, or for the principal vessel
of a squadron or fleet.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet commodore
n : a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and
below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral

Commodore, PA Zip code(s): 15729

Moby Dictionary 337
Housing Units (2000): 147
Land area (2000): 0.768239 sq. miles (1.989730 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.003810 sq. miles (0.009867 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.772049 sq. miles (1.999597 sq. km)
FIPS code: 15464
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA) , FIPS 42
Location: 40.710694 N , 78.945857 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 15729
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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