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vice-ad•mi•ral

(ˈvaɪsˈæd mər əl)

n.
a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard ranking above a rear admiral.
[1510–20]
vice′-ad′mi•ral•ty, n.
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vice-admiral

[ˈvaɪsˈædmərəl] N → vicealmirante mf
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Whereupon, I returned immediately towards the city, and desired his imperial majesty to lend me twenty of the tallest vessels he had left, after the loss of his fleet, and three thousand seamen, under the command of his vice-admiral. This fleet sailed round, while I went back the shortest way to the coast, where I first discovered the boat.
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