Usually means: Naval officer above commodore rank.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word rear admiral:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. rear admiral: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rear admiral, rear admiral (lower half), rear admiral (upper half): Merriam-Webster
  3. rear admiral: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rear admiral: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. rear admiral: Collins English Dictionary
  6. rear admiral: Vocabulary.com
  7. Rear-Admiral, Rear-admiral, rear-admiral, rear admiral: Wordnik
  8. rear admiral: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. rear admiral, rear admiral (lower half), rear admiral (upper half): Wiktionary
  10. rear admiral: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. rear admiral: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Rear admiral, rear admiral: Dictionary.com
  13. Rear-Admiral, Rear Admiral (Australia), Rear Admiral (Royal Navy), Rear Admiral (United States), Rear Admiral (lower half), Rear Admiral (upper half), Rear Admiral, Rear-admiral, Rear admiral (Australia), Rear admiral (Royal Navy), Rear admiral (United States), Rear admiral (lower half), Rear admiral (upper half), Rear admiral: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. rear admiral: Rhymezone
  15. rear-admiral: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. rear admiral: FreeDictionary.org
  17. rear admiral: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. rear admiral: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rear Admiral (lower half), Rear Admiral (upper half), Rear-admiral, rear admiral: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rear Admiral (Upper Half), The Rear Admiral, rear admiral, rear admiral (lower half): Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rear admiral)

▸ noun:  (military, nautical) A naval officer below the rank of vice admiral, originally in charge of a fleet's rear formation.
▸ noun:  (slang, humorous) A proctologist.

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rear admiral lower half, rear admiral (lower half), rear admiral upper half, rear admiral (upper half), vice admiral, commodore, vice-admiral, sub-admiral, admiral, flag officer, more...

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rear admiral (lower half), rear admiral (upper half), rear admiral lower half, rear admiral upper half, more...

Adjectives:
premier, gi, maverick, marine, private, actual, general, major, corporal, partisan, majour

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Similar:
rear admiral lower half, rear admiral (lower half), rear admiral upper half, rear admiral (upper half), vice admiral, commodore, vice-admiral, sub-admiral, admiral, flag officer, more...

Phrases:
rear admiral (lower half), rear admiral (upper half), rear admiral lower half, rear admiral upper half, more...

Adjectives:
premier, gi, maverick, marine, private, actual, general, major, corporal, partisan, majour



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