Admiral
— published in: On drifting (2020)
— auhtor: Vice Amiral (2S) Thierry Rousseau, France
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From the Arabic ”أمير “ ʾ(amīr ‘al), a term composed of the name ” أميرال “ (ʾamīr or Emir), “ chief, commander ”, and the mark “ ا ” (‘al), to mean “ the very great chief ”.
2 The chief of the sea.