naval commander

English Thesaurus

1. naval officer in command of a fleet of warships (noun.person)

hypernym	:	naval officer,
definition	:	an officer in the navy (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	john paul jones, jones,
definition	:	American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792) (noun.person)

domain category	:	armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine,
definition	:	the military forces of a nation (noun.group)