Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A commissioned rank in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard that is above rear admiral and below admiral.
- n. One who holds this rank.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A degree of the rank of admiral. See admiral, 2.
Wiktionary
- n. nautical A naval rank between rear admiral and admiral
- n. A flag officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps, or Public Health Service Commissioned Corps having a grade superior to rear admiral (upper half) and junior to admiral. A vice admiral is equal in grade or rank to a lieutenant general, which is indicated by a 3-star insignia.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. A civil officer, in Great Britain, appointed by the lords commissioners of the admiralty for exercising admiralty jurisdiction within their respective districts.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an admiral ranking below a full admiral and above a rear admiral
Examples
“Retired vice admiral Sir Reginald Bacon, a protégé of Fisher, the first captain of Dreadnought, and a staunch Jellicoe admirer, wrote a book titled The Jutland Scandal.”
“He became a vice admiral in 1907 and second in command of the Mediterranean Fleet, then Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet.”
“Further, Maximilian von Spee, a proud man, a vice admiral in the Imperial Navy, the commander of the only remaining overseas squadron of the German fleet, had no thought of wasting Scharnhorst and Gneisenau as lone commerce raiders.”
“In 1911, he became second in command of the Home Fleet and in 1912 was promoted to vice admiral and returned to the Admiralty as Second Sea Lord.”
“A vice admiral with a curt voice and jerky neurotic movements said sharply: "And I say we're barbarians even to dream of carrying on another interstellar war!”
“Complaints were heard again when it became known that he was to be made an acting vice admiral and second in command of the Mediterranean Fleet.”
“As vice admiral commanding the Battle Cruiser Squadron, he far outranked the three commodores, Goodenough, Tyrwhitt, and Keyes.”
“In November 1913, he was promoted to vice admiral and sent to command the East Asia Squadron.”
“As Invincible and Inflexible had to come home, this would have meant transferring Sturdee to Carnarvon, an inferior command for a vice admiral and a public slap on the heels of his recent triumph.”
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