— admiralship , n.
/ad"meuhr euhl/ , n.
1. the commander in chief of a fleet.
2. a naval officer of the highest rank.
3. a naval officer of a high rank: the grades in the U.S. Navy are fleet admiral, admiral, vice-admiral, and rear admiral.
4. Obs. the flagship of an admiral.
5. Brit. a master who directs a fishing fleet.
6. any of several often brightly colored butterflies of the family Nymphalidae, as Vanessa atalanta (red admiral) .
[ 1175-1225; ME, var. of amiral amir al commander of the; -d- admirabilis mundi for Ar amir al-mu'minin commander of the faithful; or with replacement of A- 5 by AD-, as in ADMINISTER ]