Admiralty
admiralty:
–noun
1. the office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
2. the officials or the department of state having charge of naval affairs, as in Great Britain.
3. a court dealing with maritime questions, offenses, etc.
4. maritime law.
5. the Admiralty, the official building, in London, of the British commissioners for naval affairs.
–adjective
6. of or pertaining to admiralty law.
admiral:
–noun
1. the commander in chief of a fleet.
2. a naval officer of the highest rank.
3. a naval officer of a high rank: the grades in the U.S. Navy are fleet admiral, admiral, vice-admiral, and rear admiral.
4. Obsolete . the flagship of an admiral.
5. British . a master who directs a fishing fleet.
6. any of several often brightly colored butterflies of the family Nymphalidae, as Vanessa atalanta (red admiral).
Origin: 1175–1225; ME, var. of amiral < OF < Ar amīr al commander of the; -d- < ML admīrābilis mundī for Ar amīr al-mu’minīn commander of the faithful; or with replacement of a-5 by ad-, as in administer
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