[kom-uh-dawr, -dohr] 
| 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. |
| com·mo·dore (kŏm'ə-dôr', -dōr') n.
[Obsolete commandore, probably from Dutch komandeur, commander, from French commandeur, from Old French, from comander, to command; see command.] |
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