See also:

• COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

COMMODORE (a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of " See also:

• COMMANDER

commander"; in the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the See also:

• TERM

term " commandore " is used)  , a temporary See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank in the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• NAVY

navy for an officer in command of a See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron . There are two kinds, one with and the other without a See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain below him in his See also:

• SHIP

ship, the first holding the temporary rank, pay, &c., of a See also:

• REAR

rear-See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral, the other that of captain . It is also given as a See also:

• COURTESY (O. Fr. curtesie, later courtoisie)

courtesy See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title to the See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior officer of a squadron of more than three vessels . In the See also:

• UNITED

United States navy " See also:

• COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

commodore " was a courtesy title given to captains who had been in command of a squadron . In 1862 it was made a commissioned rank, but was abolished in 1899 . The name is given to the See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of a yacht See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club, as of the Royal Yacht Squadron, and to the senior captain of a See also:

• FLEET

fleet of See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant vessels .