- commodore
- commodore [käm′ə dôr΄]n.[earlier commadore, commandore, prob. via Du kommandeur < Fr commandeur < OFr comandeor < comander: see COMMAND]1. U.S. Navya) Historical an officer ranking above a captain and below a rear admiral: the rank was abolished in 1899 but temporarily restored in WWIIb) an officer, with the rank of captain, commanding two or more small ships, as destroyers2. the president of a yacht club3. the senior captain of a merchant fleet
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.