[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.280 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.280 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.280 - **Language:** English ### [c10.280](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.280) 1250.—“Li grand amiraus des galies m’envoia querre, et me demanda si j’estoie cousins le roy; et je le di que nanin . . .” —Joinville, p. 178. This passage illustrates the sort of way in which our modern use of the word admiral originated. - [Previous: c10.279](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.279) - [Next: c10.281](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.281) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.280](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.280) · Pramāṇa