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

The commodore was a man of medium height, slender, with hair so blond it was almost white.
"We'll be back in half an hour," called the commodore, as they rowed away from the schooner.
The commodore was a big man, tall and broad-shouldered, and his ex-wife had been fond of telling him that his “aura” frequently preceded him, even through a closed door.
Now, Captain, you must call the commodore, or whoever else you feel you must consult about this matter, and see to it that whatever ‘security measures’ are required are put swiftly in place—for I will not linger here another two days while that slander on my crew lies smarting in my mind, and those who committed it sit about congratulating themselves.
September, 1855, he had been promoted to the rank of captain, which, prior to the Civil War, was the highest grade in the United States Navy; the title commodore, then so frequently applied to the older officers of the service, being simply one of courtesy given to a captain who had commanded a squadron of several vessels, but who did not thereby cease to be borne as a captain upon the Navy Register.