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Definition of Commodores
1. commodore [n] - See also: commodore
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commodores
Literary usage of Commodores
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anecdotes of the Revolutionary War in America: With Sketches of Character of by Alexander Garden (1822)
"commodores AFFLECK AND SWEENEY. WHILE waiting the arrival of General Greene at
Philadelphia, I was introduced to the British commodores Affleck and Sweeney, ..."
2. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"... attend Grant's Inauguration — The Naval Surgeons seeking to be made commodores —
Death of General Rousseau — The Tenure-of-Office Repeal Bill passes the ..."
3. The War with Mexico by Roswell Sabine Ripley (1849)
"... between Stockton and Kearney—Kearney and Fremont—Arrival of commodores Shu-
brick and Biddle, and Colonel Mason—Trial and Conviction of Fremont. ..."
4. The Historical Register of the United States by Thomas H. Palmer (1816)
"Bombardment of the batteries under commodores Porter and Perry. § 13. Commodore Rod*
gers' fire-ships. § 14. Defeat and death of sir Peter Parker. ..."
5. Travels Through Part of the United States and Canada in 1818 and 1819 by John Morison Duncan (1823)
"Respecting public characters I must be equally silent, for none have been pointed
out to me except commodores Decatur 9 and Rodgers. ..."
6. History of the Polk Administration by Lucien Bonaparte Chase (1850)
"Operations of Colonel Fremont and commodores Sloat and Stockton. Orders issued
to raise contributions from the Mexicans.—General Taylor advises the adoption ..."
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