Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dowding

1 sense of dowding

Sense 1
Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy -- (British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970))
       INSTANCE OF=> general, full general -- (a general officer of the highest rank)
       INSTANCE OF=> marshal, marshall -- ((in some countries) a military officer of highest rank)