war admiral

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   thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1937

   Broaderthoroughbred

Questions about war admiral

What does war admiral mean?

war admiral means "thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1937".

Is war admiral a common word?

war admiral is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.