"admiraless" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: admiralesses [plural]
Etymology: From admiral + -ess. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|admiral|ess|nocat=1}} admiral + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} admiraless (plural admiralesses)
  1. (rare) A female admiral. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-admiraless-en-noun-PXI1OmsD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ess (female), English terms suffixed with -ess (wife), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess (female): 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess (wife): 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21
  2. (rare) The wife of an admiral. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-admiraless-en-noun--iLmtUBh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: admiral-ess Related terms: rear-admiral-ess

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The Czar has conferred upon Queen Olga (consort of the King of Greece), the honorary position of an admiral of the Russian fleet."
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          "ref": "1907 July 4, “New Royal Yacht”, in The Mercury, Hobart, Tasmania:",
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        },
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