Admiral is one of the highest ranks in many navies. In the

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nations and the

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, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full"

general A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air force, air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ...

in the army or the air force. Admiral is ranked above

vice admiral Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral. Australia In the Royal Australian Navy, the rank of Vice ...

and below admiral of the fleet, or fleet admiral.

Etymology

The word in

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comes from Anglo-French , "commander", from

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, . These evolved from the

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() – () (), "

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prince A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...

, chief, leader,

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lord Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power (social and political), power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the Peerage o ...

, a

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commander Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank as well as a job title in many army, armies. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countri ...

, or person who rules over a number of people" and (), the

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meaning "the." In Arabic, admiral is also represented as (), where al-Baḥr (البحر) means the

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. The 1818 edition of

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's ''

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'', edited and revised by the Rev.

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, states that the term "has been traced to the Arab. emir or amir, lord or commander, and the Gr. , the sea, q. d. ''prince of the sea''. The word is written both with and without the d, in other languages, as well as our own. Barb. Lat. admirallus and amiralius. V. Ducange. Barb. Græc. ἄμηραλιος. V. Meursii Gloss. Græco-Barbarum, edit. 1610. p. 29. Fr. admiral and amiral. Dan. the same. Germ. ammiral. Dutch, admirael or ammirael. Ital. ammiraglio. Sp. almirante. Minsheu, in his Spanish Dictionary, says 'almiralle is a king in the Arabian language.' Amrayl is used by Robert of Gloucester, in the sense of a prince, or governour." The quote from

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's Dictionarie in Spanish and English (1599), given in Johnson's Dictionary, has been confirmed as being accurate. Additionally, the definition of Amīr (أمير), as given in

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's Arabic-English Lexicon, concurs, in part, with Minsheu's definition, stating that the term means "One having, holding, or possessing, command; a commander; a governor; a lord; a prince, or king." While other Greek words of the period existed to indicate "belonging to the sea," or "of the sea," the now obsolete Gr. mentioned in Johnson's Dictionary is expressly defined as "of the sea, Lat. marinus, epith. of sea-gods,

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s, etc." Though there are multiple meanings for the Arabic Amīr (أمير), the literal meaning of the phrase Amīr al-Baḥr (أمير البحر) is "Prince of the Sea." This position, versus "commander of the sea," is demonstrated by legal practices prevailing in the

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, whereas it was only possible for

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to qualify for attaining four princely positions, those being grand dragoman, dragoman of the fleet, and the

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es of

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and

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. Those Phanariots who attained the princely position of dragoman of the fleet served under the Ottoman admiral having administration of the Aegean islands and the Anatolian coast. Modern acknowledgement of the phrase Amīr-al-Baḥr (أمير البحر) meaning "Prince of the Sea" includes a speech made in an official U.S. military ceremony conducted in an Arabic port, and a news article published by an Arabic news outlet: On 24 May 2012, in a change of command ceremony aboard

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USS Enterprise (CVN 65), while docked at Khalifa Bin Salman Port,

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, U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, Commander, U.S. Central Command, introduced

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Mark I. Fox as "Admiral Fox, the prince of the sea, emir of the sea – to translate 'admiral' from the Arabic to English;" On 04 Feb 2021, in an announcement of his

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-related death, the Arabic news website Saudi 24 News referred to Admiral Edmond Chagoury by the title "Prince of the Sea." One alternate etymology proposes that the term admiral evolved, instead, from the title of Amīr al-Umarāʾ (أمير الأمراء). Under the reign of the Buyid dynasty (934 to 1062) of

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and

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, the title of Amīr al-Umarāʾ, which means prince of princes, came to denote the heir-apparent, or

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. This alternate etymology states that the term was in use for the Greco-Arab naval leaders (e.g. Christodulus) in the Norman-Arab-Byzantine culture of Norman Sicily, which had formerly been ruled by Arabs, at least by the early 11th century. During this time, the Norman

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(1095–1154) employed a Greek Christian, known as George of Antioch, who previously had served as a naval commander for several North African Muslim rulers. Roger styled George in

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fashion as , or Amīr al-Umarāʾ, with the title becoming Latinized in the 13th century as . The Sicilians and later the Genoese took the first two parts of the term from their

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opponents and used them as one word, . . The French gave their sea commanders similar titles while in Portuguese and Spanish the word changed to . As the word was used by people speaking

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or Latin-based languages it gained the "d" and endured a series of different endings and spellings leading to the English spelling in the 14th century and to ''admiral'' by the 16th century. It is important to note that the etymology of a word does not suggest the antiquity of the word as it may have appeared in other languages with entirely different pronunciations. The Greek ναύαρχος, for instance, which is pronounced "naúarkhos", existed from very ancient times in Greece. While ναύαρχος may be defined as "admiral" as used by

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in his ''

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'', the very pronunciation of ναύαρχος demonstrates that it is not a part of the etymology for the English word "admiral."

History

The word "admiral" has come to be almost exclusively associated with the highest

naval rank Military ranks is a system of hierarchy, hierarchical relationships within armed forces, police, Intelligence agency, intelligence agencies, paramilitary groups, and other institutions organized along military organisation , military lines, such ...

in most of the world's navies, equivalent to the army rank of

. However, this was not always the case; for example, in some European countries prior to the end of

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, admiral was the third highest naval rank after general admiral and

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. The rank of admiral has also been subdivided into various grades, several of which are historically extinct while others remain in use in most present-day navies. The

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used the colours red, white, and blue, in descending order to indicate seniority of its admirals until 1864; for example,

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's highest rank was vice-admiral of the white. The generic term for these naval equivalents of army generals is

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. Some navies have also used army-type titles for them, such as the Cromwellian "general at sea".

NATO code

While the rank is used in most of NATO countries, it is ranked differently depending on the country.

Admiral insignia by country

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Albanian Navy File:Generic-Navy-12.svg,
Argentine Navy File:Generic-Navy-12.svg, Admiral

Royal Australian Navy The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the navy, naval branch of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The professional head of the RAN is Chief of Navy (Australia), Chief of Navy (CN) Vice admiral (Australia), Vice Admiral Mark Hammond (admiral), Ma ...

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Azerbaijani Navy File:Generic-Navy-12.svg, Admiral
Bangladesh Navy File:Generic-Navy-12.svg,

Belgian Navy The Belgian Navy, officially the Naval Component (, ; , ; , ) of the Belgian Armed Forces, is the Navy, naval service of Belgium. History Early history The Belgian Navy was created as the ''Marine Royale'' () on 15 January 1831. This force ...

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Bolivian Naval Force File:Generic-Navy-13.svg,

Brazilian Navy The Brazilian Navy () is the navy, naval service branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces, responsible for conducting naval warfare, naval operations. The navy was involved in War of Independence of Brazil#Naval action, Brazil's war of independence ...

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Bulgarian Navy File:Generic-Navy-12.svg, Admiral

Royal Canadian Navy The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN; , ''MRC'') is the Navy, naval force of Canada. The navy is one of three environmental commands within the Canadian Armed Forces. As of February 2024, the RCN operates 12 s, 12 s, 4 s, 4 s, 8 s, and several auxiliary ...

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Chilean Navy The Chilean Navy () is the naval warfare service branch of the Chilean Armed Forces. It is under the Ministry of National Defense (Chile), Ministry of National Defense. Its headquarters are at Edificio Armada de Chile, Valparaiso. History Ori ...

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Colombian Navy The Colombian Navy, officially the Colombian National Navy (), also known as the ''"Armada Nacional"'' or just the ''"Armada"'' in Spanish, is the naval branch of the Military Forces of Colombia, military forces of Colombia. The Navy is responsi ...

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Navy of DR of Congo File:Croatia-Navy-OF-9.svg,
Croatian Navy File:Cuba-Navy-OF-8.svg,
Cuban Revolutionary Navy File:Generic-Navy-12.svg,

Royal Danish Navy The Royal Danish Navy (, ) is the Naval warfare, sea-based branch of the Danish Armed Forces force. The RDN is mainly responsible for maritime defence and maintaining the sovereignty of Denmark, Danish territorial waters (incl. Faroe Islands and ...

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Dominican Navy File:Ecuador-Navy-OF-9.svg,
Ecuadorian Navy File:Generic-Navy-12.svg,
Estonian Navy File:Finland-Navy-OF-9.svg,

Finnish Navy The Finnish Navy ( , ) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. The navy employs 2,300 people and about 4,300 conscripts are trained each year. Finnish Navy vessels are given the ship prefix "FNS", short for "Finnish Navy ship", but ...

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French Navy The French Navy (, , ), informally (, ), is the Navy, maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the four military service branches of History of France, France. It is among the largest and most powerful List of navies, naval forces i ...

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Gabonese Navy The National Navy of Gabon () is the naval branch of the Armed Forces of Gabon. It operates a few fast attack craft and patrol vessels to maintain security along its -long coastline. Overview Created on 16 December 1960, the Gabonese Navy is ta ...

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German Navy The German Navy (, ) is part of the unified (Federal Defense), the German Armed Forces. The German Navy was originally known as the ''Bundesmarine'' (Federal Navy) from 1956 to 1995, when ''Deutsche Marine'' (German Navy) became the official ...

File:Generic-Navy-12.svg, Admiral

Ghana Navy The Ghana Navy (GN) is the naval warfare organizational military branch of the Ghana Armed Forces, Ghanaian Armed Forces (GAF). The Ghanaian Navy, along with the Ghana Army, Ghanaian Army (GA) and Ghana Air Force, Ghanaian Air Force (GHF), make up ...

File:Generic-Navy-12.svg, Admiral

Indian Navy The Indian Navy (IN) (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the Navy, maritime and Amphibious warfare, amphibious branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of the Naval Staff (India), Chief ...

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Italian Navy The Italian Navy (; abbreviated as MM) is one of the four branches of Italian Armed Forces and was formed in 1946 from what remained of the ''Regia Marina'' (Royal Navy) after World War II. , the Italian Navy had a strength of 30,923 active per ...

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Navy of Ivory Coast File:Russia-Navy-OF-8-Sleeve.svg,

Kazakh Naval Forces File:19. Madagascar Navy - ADM.svg,
Madagascar Navy File:Mexico-Navy-OF8 sleeve.svg,

Mexican Navy The Mexican Navy () is one of the components of the Mexican Armed Forces. The Secretariat of the Navy is in charge of administration of the navy. The commander of the navy is the Secretary of the Navy, who is both a cabinet minister and a career ...

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Montenegrin Navy The Montenegrin Navy (') is the naval branch of the military of Montenegro. The Montenegrin Navy was established in 2006 following the secession of Montenegro from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. Nearly all of the navy's equipment was i ...

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Royal Moroccan Navy File:Mozambique-Navy-OF-9.svg,
Mozambique Naval Command File:Generic-Navy-12.svg, Admiral
Nigerian Navy File:Generic-Navy-12.svg,

Royal Norwegian Navy The Royal Norwegian Navy () is the branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces responsible for navy, naval operations of Norway, including those of the Norwegian Coast Guard. , the Royal Norwegian Navy consists of approximately 3,700 personnel (9,450 i ...

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Pakistan Navy The Pakistan Navy (PN) (; ''romanized'': Pākistān Bahrí'a; ) is the naval warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The Chief of the Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Com ...

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Paraguayan Navy File:Peru-Navy-OF-9.svg,

Peruvian Navy The Peruvian Navy (, abbreviated MGP) is the branch of the Peruvian Military of Peru, Armed Forces tasked with surveillance, patrol and defense on lakes, rivers and the Pacific Ocean up to from the Peruvian littoral. Additional missions include ...

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Philippine Navy The Philippine Navy (PN) () is the naval warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. It has an estimated strength of 24,500 active service personnel, including the 10,300-strong Philippine Marine Corps. It operates 91 combat ...

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Polish Navy File:Generic-Navy-12.svg,

Portuguese Navy The Portuguese Navy (), also known as the Portuguese War Navy (''Marinha de Guerra Portuguesa'') or as the Portuguese Armada (''Armada Portuguesa''), is the navy of the Portuguese Armed Forces. Chartered in 1317 by King Dinis of Portugal, it is ...

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Romanian Naval Forces File:Russia-Navy-OF-8-Sleeve.svg,

Russian Navy The Russian Navy is the Navy, naval arm of the Russian Armed Forces. It has existed in various forms since 1696. Its present iteration was formed in January 1992 when it succeeded the Navy of the Commonwealth of Independent States (which had i ...

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Serbian River Flotilla File:Generic-Navy-13.svg,
Slovenian Navy File:Generic-Navy-12.svg, Admiral
South African Navy File:Spain-Navy-OF-8.svg,

Spanish Navy The Spanish Navy, officially the Armada, is the Navy, maritime branch of the Spanish Armed Forces and one of the oldest active naval forces in the world. The Spanish Navy was responsible for a number of major historic achievements in navigation ...

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Sri Lanka Navy The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) (; ) is the navy, naval arm of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and is classed as the country's most vital defence force due to its island geography. It is responsible for the maritime defence of the Sri Lankan nation and its ...

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Swedish Navy File:Generic-Navy-12.svg,

Tunisia Navy File:Russia-Navy-OF-8-1994-everyday.svg,
Turkmen Naval Forces File:Ukraine-Navy-OF-9.svg,

Ukrainian Navy File:Generic-Navy-12.svg, Admiral

File:Generic-Navy-(star v2)-O11.svg, Admiral

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...

File:US-CoastGuard-O10.svg, Admiral

United States Coast Guard The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and Admiralty law, law enforcement military branch, service branch of the armed forces of the United States. It is one of the country's eight Uniformed services ...

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National Navy of Uruguay File:Generic-Navy-12.svg,
Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela

National ranks

* Admiral (Australia) * Admiral (Bangladesh) * Admiral (Canada) * Admiral (Denmark) * Admiral (Germany) *

Admiral (India) Admiral is a Four-star rank, four-star naval flag officer rank in the Indian Navy. It is the highest active rank in the Indian Navy. Admiral ranks above the three-star rank of Vice Admiral (India), vice admiral and below the five-star rank of ad ...

* Admiral (Netherlands) * Admiral (Pakistan) *

Admiral (Russia) This list of Russian admirals includes the admirals of Russian Navy ranks, all ranks, serving in the Russian Imperial Navy, the Soviet Navy and the modern Russian Navy. See also the categories :Imperial Russian Navy admirals and :Soviet admirals. ...

* Admiral of Castile * Admiral (Sri Lanka) * Admiral (Sweden) * Admiral (Ukraine) *

Admiral (United Kingdom) Admiral is a senior rank of the Royal Navy, which equates to the NATO rank code Ranks and insignia of NATO, OF-9, outranked only by the rank of Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), admiral of the fleet. Royal Navy officers holding the ranks of Re ...

Admiral (United States) Admiral (abbreviated as ADM) is a four star rank, four-star commissioned officer rank in the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, and the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps with the U.S. uniformed services pay gra ...

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Naval ranks