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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
admiral
ad·miral [admiral admirals] BrE [ˈædmərəl] NAmE [ˈædmərəl] noun
an officer of very high rank in the navy
•The admiral visited the ships under his command.
•Admiral Lord Nelson
see also ↑rear admiral, ↑red admiral
Word Origin:
Middle English (denoting an emir, a Muslim leader, or Saracen commander): from Old French amiral, admirail, via medieval Latin from Arabic 'amīr ‘commander’ (from 'amara ‘to command’). The ending -al was from Arabic -al- ‘of the’, used in titles (e.g. 'amīr-al-'umarā ‘ruler of rulers’), later assimilated to the familiar Latinate suffix ↑-al.
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