rear admiral

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

rear admiral (plural rear admirals)

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

Synonyms

(naval, abbreviation): RADM, RAdm

Derived terms

Translations

naval officer below the rank of vice admiral

Afrikaans: skout admiraal
Bulgarian: контраадмирал m (kontraadmiral)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 海軍少將 / 海军少将 (hǎijūn shàojiàng)
Czech: kontradmirál (cs) m
Dutch: schout-bij-nacht (nl) m
Finnish: kontra-amiraali (fi)
French: contre-amiral (fr) m
German: Konteradmiral (de) m
Greek: υποναύαρχος (el) m (yponávarchos)
Italian: contrammiraglio m
Romanian: contraamiral (ro) m
Russian: контр-адмира́л (ru) m (kontr-admirál)
Spanish: contraalmirante m or f
Swedish: konteramiral c

proctologist — see proctologist

Further reading

rear admiral on Wikipedia.Wikipedia