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admiralcy en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr) Proto-Italic *-ālis Medieval Latin -ālis Latin admīrorinflu. Medieval Latin admirālisder. Old French admiralder. Middle English admiral English admiral English -cy English admiralcy From admiral + -cy.

Meanings

1. The rank of admiral.
   • He was impresed by the Governor's governorship and the admiral's admiralcy (Carter had been an ensign in World War 1)... 1955, John O'Hara, Ten North Frederick, Random House, Page 32
   • But because of your bravery at Cummaná and your good management at Cartagena I convert your courtesy admiralcy to a permanent appointment as Admiral. 1989, James Albert Michener, Caribbean, Random House, Page 101
   • [of Henri, duc de Montmorency] After being stripped of his admiralcy he fought ashore, and in 1630 won a victory at Avigliana in Piedmont, and was made a Marshal of France 2004, Alastair Wilson and Joseph F. Callo, Who's Who in Naval History: From 1550 to the Present, Routledge, Page 116
   • The grant of the hereditory Admiralcy diverted his energies to a barren field. 1892, Edward John Payne, History of the New World Called America, Clarendon Press, Page 155

Forms

Translations (2)

fi amiraalin arvo (the rank of admiral) · pt almirantado (the rank of admiral)