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Meaning of yellow admiral | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A post-captain promoted to the rank of rear admiral on the understanding that he will immediately retire without having actually served at that rank.
    historical
  2. A large butterfly, Vanessa itea, native to Australia and New Zealand, with yellow markings on the forewings.

Examples

“Happiness, in her estimation, consists […] of being appealed to by the yellow admirals and gouty generals, as a person of great sagacity in cases, whether of medicine, or cards, or anecdote […].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

yellow anaconda yellow anemone yellow arsenic yellow atrophy yellow baboon yellow back

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