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commodore

noun

com·​mo·​dore ˈkä-mə-ˌdȯr How to pronounce commodore (audio)
1
a
: a captain in the navy in command of a squadron
b
: a commissioned officer in the navy formerly ranking above captain and below rear admiral and having an insignia of one star
2
: the ranking officer commanding a body of merchant ships
3
: the chief officer of a yacht club or boating association

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Tim Prophit, 63, a cannabis marketing consultant from St. Clair Shores and past commodore of Bayview Yacht Club, has earned a reputation over the years as a fearless competitor. Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2022 Lady Irene Hoy is a member of the Port Huron Yacht Club and wife of a past commodore. Phoebe Wall Howard, USA TODAY, 18 July 2022 Patrick O’Mahoney, the commodore of Destroyer Squadron 23. Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2022 It was commissioned in 1833 by Uriah P. Levy, the first Jewish commodore in the United States Navy, to commemorate Jefferson’s advocacy of religious freedom in the armed forces. New York Times, 18 Oct. 2021 Bruce Robert William Kirby was born on Jan. 2, 1929, in Ottawa into a nautical family with membership in the Brittania Boating Club in Ottawa (a grandfather was a club commodore). New York Times, 23 July 2021 Stewart Bateshansky, commodore, Amphibious Squadron 3, said in a statement. Brad Lendon, CNN, 12 Apr. 2021 Sandy Purdon, commodore of the San Diego Yacht Club in 1991, recalls being invited with his wife (and a security guard) by the House of Garrard jewelers to escort the trophy to London that year. Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2021 An avid boater, Mr. Kibbe joined the Baltimore Yacht Club in 1964 and was named its commodore in 1971. Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 13 Nov. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

probably modification of Dutch commandeur commander, from French, from Old French comandeor, from comander to command

First Known Use

1695, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of commodore was in 1695

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