"rear admiral" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-rear admiral.ogg [Australia] Forms: rear admirals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rear admiral (plural rear admirals)
  1. (military, nautical) A naval officer below the rank of vice admiral, originally in charge of a fleet's rear formation. Categories (topical): Military, Nautical, Military ranks, People Synonyms: RADM [abbreviation] [naval, navy, military, war, government, politics], RAdm [abbreviation] [naval, navy, military, war, government, politics] Translations (naval officer below the rank of vice admiral): контраадмирал (kontraadmiral) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 海軍少將 (Chinese Mandarin), 海军少将 (hǎijūn shàojiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), kontradmirál [masculine] (Czech), schout-bij-nacht [masculine] (Dutch), kontra-amiraali (Finnish), contre-amiral [masculine] (French), Konteradmiral [masculine] (German), υποναύαρχος (yponávarchos) [masculine] (Greek), contrammiraglio [masculine] (Italian), contraamiral [masculine] (Romanian), контр-адмира́л (kontr-admirál) [masculine] (Russian), contraalmirante [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), konteramiral [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-rear_admiral-en-noun-tBccpvFX Disambiguation of Military ranks: 83 17 Disambiguation of People: 98 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 70 30 Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war Disambiguation of 'naval officer below the rank of vice admiral': 94 6
  2. (slang) A proctologist. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-rear_admiral-en-noun-vSZfI0sh

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