| Admiral | |
| 1. n. (military) A naval officer title | |
| 2. n. A naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces. | |
| 3. n. A naval officer of high rank, immediately below Admiral of the Fleet; the commander of a fleet or squadron. | |
| 4. n. A flag officer in the United States Navy or Coast Guard of a grade superior to vice admiral and junior to admiral of the fleet (when that grade is used). An admiral is equal in grade or rank to a four | |
| 5. n. The ship which carries the admiral, the flagship; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet. | |
| 6. n. (obsolete) A prince or Saracen leader under the Sultan. | |
| 7. n. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of Europe and America, especially a red admiral or white admiral. | |
