Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for VICE-AD'MI-RAL
VICE-AD'MI-RAL, n.
- In the navy, the second officer in command. His flag is displayed at the fore top-gallant-mast head. Mar. Dict.
- A civil officer in Great Britain, appointed by the lords commissioners of the admiralty, for exercising admiralty jurisdiction within their respective districts.
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