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Admiral; admiralty
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Admiral, английский
- Senior naval officer of flag rank. in ascending order of seniority, rear admiral, vice admiral, admiral and (until about 2001 when all uk five-star ranks were discontinued) admiral of the fleet (royal navy). derivation arabic, from amir al-bahr ("ruler of the sea").
- The derivation of this noble title from the greek almyros, from the latin admirabilis, from the saxon aenmereeal, and from the french aumer, appear all fanciful. it is extensively received that the sicilians first adopted it from emir, the sea, of their saracen masters; but it presents a kind of unusual etymological inversion. the term is most frequent in old romance; but the style and title was not used by us until 1286; and in 1294, william de leybourne was designated “amiral de la mer du roy d`angleterre;” six years afterwards viscount narbonne was constituted admiral of france; which dates nearly fix the commencement of the two states as maritime powers.
- A beautiful and rare shell of the genus conus; the varieties are designated the grand-admiral, the vice-admiral, the orange-admiral, and the extra-admiral.
- This term is derived from the arabic amir-al-bahr meaning commander of the sea. the genoese dropped bahr (the word for “sea”) and combined the first two into amiral, which became almirante in spanish and admiral when taken into english. today, an admiral is the senior naval officer commanding a fleet or other large unit and holds fourstar rank, the equivalent of army general. a supreme naval position, titled admiral of the fleet, fleet admiral, or admiral of the navy, is sometimes held by acrostolium 18 the senior flag officer of a naval service and is usually symbolic and honorific, having virtually no more authority than any other admiral.
Admiralty, английский
- 1. a high naval authority in charge of a state`s navy or a major territorial component. in the royal navy (uk) the board of admiralty, executing the office of the lord high admiral, promulgates naval law in the form of queen`s (or king`s) regulations and admiralty instructions.
- An office for the administration of naval affairs, presided over by a lord high-admiral, whether the duty be discharged by one person, or by commissioners under the royal patent, who are styled lords, and during our former wars generally consisted of seven. the present constitution of the board of admiralty comprises—the first lord, a minister and civilian as to office; four naval lords; one civil lord attending to accounts, &c.; one chief secretary; one second secretary. two lords and one secretary form a legal board of admiralty wherever they may be assembled, under the authority of the board or its chief.
- [1] formerly, the department of state responsible for the british royal navy (see board of admiralty). [2] the building housing officials of that department. [3] maritime law.
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Acdds, английский
Advanced cartographic data digitizing system
Amsd, английский
Adjusted mapping support data
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