"I didn't know anybody but my father was called commodore!". From Wordnik.com. [Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi] Reference
One of the ships, King records, "wore a CHEF D'ESCADRE'S pennant," that is, a commodore's. From Wordnik.com. [Laperouse] Reference
"We'll be back in half an hour," called the commodore, as they rowed away from the schooner. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates] Reference
For I knowed the commodore was the lad t 'string 'em to the yard-arm an' he had the say on it. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Carvel — Complete] Reference
Stewart were called "commodore" as was any other captain who commanded more than one ship. From Wordnik.com. [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference
Surprisingly to him, the term "commodore" was not used with the condescension he had heard in the voices of even the staff of more than a few commercial barons. From Wordnik.com. [The Silent Warrior]
The coming of the "commodore" brought a new touch of life to the High. From Wordnik.com. [Thankful's Inheritance] Reference
The "commodore" announced that he was hungry and he was hurried into the house. From Wordnik.com. [Thankful's Inheritance] Reference
Oh, 'cause the judge is kind of commodore of the fleet there, looks after the money matters for 'em, I understand. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Harbor] Reference
The commodore, on the other hand, endeavours to shew many of. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
To be sure the commodore tried to rouse himself, asking after. From Wordnik.com. [The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country] Reference
The commodore should be treated with the same consideration as an admiral. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men] Reference
A vice commodore wears only a single star; captains two crossed foul anchors. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men] Reference
States Navy, but shortly afterwards he rose to the advanced rank of commodore. From Wordnik.com. [The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country] Reference
The heroes of the cockpit declared the commodore was ashamed of our appearance. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
The instructions for the commodore, Captain Abel Jansen Tasman, make interesting reading. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
The younger man escaped unscathed, but the commodore was slightly wounded during the fight. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
The rank of commodore, which had been abolished, was temporarily revived during World War II. From Wordnik.com. [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference
White man say, John Bull catch commodore, and cut him fingers all off, so commodore no more can. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
With this addition to his force, the commodore on the 21st of July, joined the vessels off Tripoli. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
Captain Kendall is indeed the commodore of the company, and has made the passage for nearly thirty years. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Hungerford Notable Women Authors of the Day] Reference
At first the commodore thought the projected enterprize too hazardous: but at length granted his consent. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
Turning to the duchess, the commodore asked if she recalled his promise to lay a frigate at her feet one day?. From Wordnik.com. [How the Flag Became Old Glory] Reference
As to the commodore and his crew, when they came to their senses they found themselves stranded on the Long Island shore. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
Decatur's flagship, the Guerriere, gave up the captives in his hands, and signed a treaty dictated by the American commodore. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
"Secret! there is no secret about it," replied the commodore; "all you have to do is to attend to your business and go ahead.". From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
BAINBRIDGE, WILLIAM (1774-1833), commodore in the United States navy, was born on the 7th of May 1774 in Princeton, New Jersey. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
The commodore replied that the squadron was completely equipped and had more than ninety men over the number required to man it. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
Abraham Whipple, afterward a commodore in the Continental Navy, and one of the founders of the State of Ohio, led the expedition. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
Edward Tyng, a capable colonial sailor, was the commodore of the little fleet of thirteen vessels, carrying in all about two hundred guns. From Wordnik.com. [Canada] Reference
The naval rank of commodore was likewise dropped, and brigadier generals of the Army and Air Force now rank with admirals of the lower half. From Wordnik.com. [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference
After some inquiries of his purser, the commodore promised to let him have the barrels with their salt, as fast as they were emptied by the crew. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Near the small island of Alberaw we fell in with two frigates convoying twenty sail of levanters, the commodore of which called me brother-in-law. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
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