admiralty
pronunciation
How to pronounce admiralty in British English:
UK ['ædmərəltɪ]
How to pronounce admiralty in American English:
US ['ædmərəltɪ]
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- Noun:
- the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain)
- the office of admiral
Word Origin
- admiralty (n.)
- "naval branch of the English executive," early 15c., admiralte, from Old French amiralte, from amirail (see admiral).
Example
- 1. Walden saw churchill at the admiralty at twelve noon .
- 2. A summons or citation in civil or admiralty law .
- 3. Maritime law , admiralty law , shipping operation and management .
- 4. Paper co. , ltd. hefei admiralty ineffective pollution control , the beginning of this year this newspaper has been exposed .
- 5. For the first year of the war huxley was a clinical student , but when medical teaching in london was stopped by air attacks , he changed to work of more immediate application , and spent the rest of the war on operational research in gunnery , first for anti-aircraft command and later for the admiralty .