rear admiral (lower half)

noun

A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a captain and junior to a rear admiral (upper half). A rear admiral (lower half) is equal in grade or rank to an Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force brigadier general.

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commodore admiralcommodoreRDMLrear admiral junior grade
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Meanings

nounrear admiral (lower half) (plural rear admirals (lower half))

plural rear admirals (lower half)

  1. USgovernmentA commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a captain and junior to a rear admiral (upper half). A rear admiral (lower half) is equal in grade or rank to an Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force brigadier general.

    Synonyms: commodore admiral, commodore, RDML, rear admiral junior grade

  2. USgovernmentA naval officer of equivalent grade or rank in the navy of other countries, such as commodore.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a captain and junior to a rear admiral (upper half). A rear admiral (lower half) is equal in grade or rank to an Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force brigadier general.

Similar
commodore admiralcommodoreRDMLrear admiral junior grade

Translations

Afrikaans kommodoor
  • kommodoorequivalent grade in other navies
Bulgarian контраадмирал
  • контраадмирал (kontraadmiral)equivalent grade in other navies
Finnish lippueamiraali
  • lippueamiraaliequivalent grade in other navies
Greek αρχιπλοίαρχος
  • αρχιπλοίαρχος (archiploíarchos)equivalent grade in other navies
Italian commodoro
  • commodoroequivalent grade in other navies
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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