commodore

IPA: kˈɑmʌdɔr

(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 leading ship in a fleet of merchantmen.
(nautical) The president of a yacht club.
(nautical) A yacht-club president's vessel in a regatta.
(US, military, nautical) A rear admiral (lower half).
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Parasarpa.
A surname.
(military, nautical) Ellipsis of commodore admiral. [(US, military, nautical, historical) a flag officer of a rank between a captain and a rear admiral, having a O7 NATO rank scale equivalency.]

Examples of "commodore" in Sentences

Commodore is not a current rank.
Commodore rank is a good example.
The commodore was also an avid horseman.
This was due to an error of Commodore marketing.
As such, he was now a Commodore and no longer a General.
Air commodore is clearly derived from commodore and no other rank.
As for commodore, Cedarrevolution.net is a Lebanese protestor website.
The towering smoke is spotted by Commodore Norrington aboard Dauntless.
The Commodore 1572 was a dual version of the Commodore 1571 single disk drive.
The Commodore SS was the top of the line sports model of the VP Commodore range.