full admiral

/fʊl ˌædmərəl/

Definitions of full admiral

1. noun

   the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral
   synonyms: admiral

   examples:

   Captain Bligh

   British admiral; was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat; a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away (1754-1817)

   Sir Francis Drake

   English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)

   Viscount Nelson

   English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805)

   Isoroku Yamamoto

   Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (1884-1943)

   type of:

   flag officer

   a senior naval officer above the rank of captain