n (military, nautical) A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.
n (nautical) A (temporary) commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral.
n (nautical) The leading ship in a fleet of merchantmen.
n (nautical) The president of a yacht club.
n (nautical) A yacht-club president's vessel in a regatta.
n (US, military, nautical) A rear admiral (lower half).
n (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Parasarpa.
n A surname.
n (military, nautical) Ellipsis of commodore admiral. [(US, military, nautical, historical) a flag officer of a rank between a captain and a rear admiral, having a O7 NATO rank scale equivalency.]