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Commodore generally refers to Commodore (rank), a naval rank. It may also refer to:
Aircraft
- Consolidated Aircraft Commodore, a flying boat used for passenger travel in the 1930s
Animals
- Several species of brush-footed butterflies in the subfamily Limenitidinae, in particular A. danava
Automobiles
- Hudson Commodore, an automobile produced from 1941 to 1952 in the US by Hudson Motor Car Company
- Opel Commodore, an automobile produced from 1967 to 1982 in Germany by Adam Opel AG
- Holden Commodore, an automobile produced since 1978 in Australia by the Holden division of General Motors
Computers and software
- Commodore International (also known as Commodore Business Machines), a computer company founded in 1954
Fiction
- The Commodore, a Horatio Hornblower novel by C. S. Forester
- The Commodore (book), a novel in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian
Music and music venues
- Commodore Ballroom, a nightclub and music venue in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Commodore Records, a jazz and swing music record label
- Commodores, an American soul/funk band
People
- "The Commodore", the nickname of American entrepreneur Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877)
- Aaron Commodore (1819/20 – 1892), African American politician
- Mike Commodore (born 1979), a Canadian ice hockey player
- Commodore P. Vedder (1838–1910), New York politician
Places
- Commodore, Pennsylvania, United States
- Commodore Island, a Canadian island in Hudson Bay
Ranks
- Commodore (rank), a naval rank
- Commodore (Royal Navy), in the United Kingdom
- Commodore (United States)
- Commodore (Canada)
- Commodore (Finland)
- Commodore (Germany) or Kommodore
- Air commodore, a rank in the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces
- Commodore (yacht club), an officer of a yacht club
- Commodore (Sea Scouts), a position in the Boy Scouts of America's Sea Scout program
- Convoy commodore, a civilian in charge of a shipping convoy during the Second World War
Ships
- Commodore (shipwreck), an American steamboat shipwrecked off the coast of Florida
- USS Commodore, the name of various United States Navy ships
Sports mascots and team names
- Vanderbilt Commodores, intercollegiate athletics teams for Vanderbilt University
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