"rear admiral (upper half)" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rear admirals (upper half) [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|rear admirals (upper half)}} rear admiral (upper half) (plural rear admirals (upper half))
  1. (US, military, nautical) 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. Tags: US Synonyms: rear admiral, RADM [abbreviation]
    Sense id: en-rear_admiral_(upper_half)-en-noun-~Gz2GWL1 Categories (other): American English, Military, Nautical, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Military ranks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Military ranks: 85 15 Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
  2. (US, military, nautical) A naval officer of equivalent grade or rank in the navy of other countries. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-rear_admiral_(upper_half)-en-noun--G7DOijL Categories (other): American English, Military, Nautical Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (equivalent grade in other navies): skout admiraal (Afrikaans), kontra-amiraali (Finnish), υποναύαρχος (yponávarchos) (Greek), contrammiraglio [masculine] (Italian), контр-адмира́л (kontr-admirál) [masculine] (Russian)
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 Disambiguation of 'equivalent grade in other navies': 47 53
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