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Commodore

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com⋅mo⋅dore

  [kom-uh-dawr, -dohr]
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–noun
1. Navy. a grade of flag officer next in rank below a rear admiral.
2. British Navy. an officer in temporary command of a squadron, sometimes over a captain on the same ship.
3. Navy. the senior captain when two or more ships of war are cruising in company.
4. (in the U.S. Navy and Merchant Marine) the officer in command of a convoy.
5. the senior captain of a line of merchant vessels.
6. the president or head of a yacht club or boat club.
Origin:
1685–95; earlier commandore, perh. < D komandeur < F commandeur commander
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com·mo·dore   (kŏm'ə-dôr', -dōr')   
n.  

    1. Abbr. Com. A commissioned rank formerly used in the U.S. Navy that was above captain and below rear admiral. Abolished in 1899, it was restored temporarily during World War II.

    2. One who holds this rank.

    3. The senior captain of a naval squadron or merchant fleet.

    4. The presiding officer of a yacht club.

  2. Used as an unofficial designation for a captain in the British Navy temporarily in command of a fleet division or squadron.

    1. The senior captain of a naval squadron or merchant fleet.

    2. The presiding officer of a yacht club.


[Obsolete commandore, probably from Dutch komandeur, commander, from French commandeur, from Old French, from comander, to command; see command.]
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Word Origin & History

commodore 
1694, probably from Du. kommandeur, from Fr. commandeur, from O.Fr. comandeor (see command). Above a captain, below a rear-admiral.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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