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rear admiral (upper half)

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables
rear ad-mi-ral (up-per half)
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flag officer in the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps, or Public Health Service Commissioned Corps of a grade superior to a rear admiral (lower half) and junior to a vice admiral. A rear admiral (upper half) is equal in grade or rank to an Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force major general. A rear admiral (upper half) wears a two star insignia on most uniforms and a gold stripe above a broad gold stripe on the sleeve of certain dress uniforms.

American usage

noun

A naval officer of equivalent grade or rank in the navy of other countries.

American usage

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Military.

Inflected Forms

rear admirals (upper half) (plural)

Synonyms

rear admiral RADM

Questions

What does rear admiral (upper half) mean?
A flag officer in the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps, or Public Health Service Commissioned Corps of a grade superior to a rear admiral (lower half) and junior to a vice admiral. A rear admiral (upper half) is equal in grade or rank to an Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force major general. A rear admiral (upper half) wears a two star insignia on most uniforms and a gold stripe above a broad gold stripe on the sleeve of certain dress uniforms.

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