Definition of admiral

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Admiral (n.) A handsome butterfly (Pyrameis Atalanta) of Europe and America. The larva feeds on nettles.

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Rank :: Rank (n. & v.) Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral..
Prisage :: Prisage (n.) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.
Decree :: Decree (n.) A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty..
Black Book :: Black book () A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III..
Apostle :: Apostle (n.) A brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to the superior court, stating the case, etc.; a paper sent up on appeals in the admiralty courts..
Sentence :: Sentence (n.) In civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court pronounced in a cause; in criminal and ecclesiastical courts, a judgment passed on a criminal by a court or judge; condemnation pronounced by a judgical tribunal; doom. In common law, the term is exclusively used to denote the judgment in criminal cases..
Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.
Winter''s Bark :: Winter's bark () The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, / Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in Southern Chili. It was first used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer, Captain John Winter, vice admiral to sir Francis Drake, in 1577..
Admiral :: Admiral (n.) The ship which carries the admiral; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet..
Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business..
Ammiral :: Ammiral (n.) An obsolete form of admiral.
Admiral :: Admiral (n.) A handsome butterfly (Pyrameis Atalanta) of Europe and America. The larva feeds on nettles.
Admiralties :: Admiralties (pl. ) of Admiralt.
Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.
Chart :: Chart (n.) A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended especially for the use of seamen; as, the United States Coast Survey charts; the English Admiralty charts..
Admiralship :: Admiralship (n.) The office or position oaf an admiral; also, the naval skill of an admiral..
Respondent :: Respondent (n.) One who answers in certain suits or proceedings, generally those which are not according to the course of the common law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in petitions for partition, and the like; -- distinquished from appellant..
Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.
Pacha :: Pacha () The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet.
Admiral :: Admiral (n.) A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets..
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