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Naval officer never found at the front? (4,7)

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I believe the answer is:

rear admiral

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'naval officer' is the definition.
(I know that rear-admiral is a type of rear admiral)

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(Other definitions for rear admiral that I've seen before include "Top brass" , "navy bigwig" , "Naval officer" , "Naval rank above commodore" .)

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