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commodore^¹

/ˈkɑ.mə.dɔɹ/ US
/ˈkɒm.ə.dɔː/ UK

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Dutch kommandeur, from Middle French commandeur. See command, compare commend (a doublet), and mandate.

noun commodores

A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.
Similar: CDRE, COMO, Cmdre, Cmdre.
A (temporary) commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral.
The leading ship in a fleet of merchantmen.
The president of a yacht club.
A yacht-club president's vessel in a regatta.
abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of commodore admiral
US A rear admiral (lower half).
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Parasarpa.

Commodore^²

proper noun Commodores

A surname.
rare A male given name.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: admiral, radm, colonel, brigadier, commander, vice-admiral, rear-admiral, shipmaster, rear admiral, flag officer, naval commander, sea captain, squadron leader, skipper, senior captain, fleet captain

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noun a naval officer

Español	comodoro
日本語	代将 daishō
Português	comodoro
Français	commodore
Deutsch	Kommodore, Flottillenadmiral
Italiano	commodoro
Ελληνικά	αρχιπλοίαρχος archiploíarchos
Română	comodor
Русский	коммодо́р kommodór
עברית	קוֹמוֹדוֹר komodor, קברניט kabarnit

noun a commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral

Português	comodoro
Deutsch	Kommodore, Flottekapitän
Italiano	commodoro
Română	comodor
עברית	מש״ט mashat

noun president of a yacht club

Português	comodoro
Italiano	commodoro

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@misc{commodore_2026,
  title = {commodore},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/commodore},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}