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yellow admiral en · NOUN
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(historical) A post-captain promoted to the rank of rear admiral on the understanding that he will immediately retire without having actually served at that rank.
Happiness, in her estimation, consists […] of being appealed to by the yellow admirals and gouty generals, as a person of great sagacity in cases, whether of medicine, or cards, or anecdote […].
1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 328:
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A large butterfly, Vanessa itea, native to Australia and New Zealand, with yellow markings on the forewings.
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