Merchant and Boating Rank
Commodore is also a title held by the senior captain within a shipping company and by the senior officer of many yacht clubs and boating associations.
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Famous quotes containing the words merchant and/or rank:
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 13:45,46.
“... his rank penetrated them as though it had been an odour.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)