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Definition of Rear admiral
1. Noun. An admiral junior to a vice admiral.
Definition of Rear admiral
1. Noun. (military nautical) a naval officer below the rank of vice admiral, originally in charge of a fleet's rear formation. ¹
2. Noun. (slang) A proctologist ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rear Admiral
Literary usage of Rear admiral
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Rear-Admiral Stephen C. Rowan then became vice-admiral, but he died in 1890 and
Porter ... The rank of rear-admiral is also borne by the chiefs of the Navy ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Rear-Admiral Stephen C. Rowan then became vice-admiral, but he died in 1890 and
Porter ... The rank of rear-admiral is also borne by the chiefs of the Navy ..."
3. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert Green Ingersoll (1900)
"All day Ions the square, blue pennant, blazoned with the two stars of a Rear
Admiral, snapped In the Kind, signifying to all who saw It that the Lotos ..."
4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"The exigency presented by the death of rear admiral Sampson pending an appeal
from a decree of condemnation In a libel In prize, filed In hla own behalf and ..."
5. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"He had already been advanced to the rank of rear-admiral, 4 July 1794, but had
not received any official intimation of it. At the time of his capture he was ..."
6. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (1905)
"THE CHAIRMAN : We are fortunate in having with us a rear admiral of the United
... rear admiral FRANKLIN HANFORD (USN, retired) spoke briefly concerning his ..."
7. The Proceedings of the Hague Peace Conferences: Translation of the Original by James Brown Scott (1921)
"550 Amendment proposed by rear admiral Siegel 550 Remarks of his ... 551 of Rear
Admiral Siegel 551 of his Excellency Mr. van den Heuvel 551 of his ..."
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