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commander
[kuh-man-der, -mahn-]
noun
a person who commands.
a person who exercises authority; chief officer; leader.
the commissioned officer in command of a military unit.
U.S. Navy.an officer ranking below a captain and above a lieutenant commander.
a police officer in charge of a precinct or other unit.
the chief officer of a commandery in the medieval orders of Knights Hospitalers, Knights Templars, and others.
a member of one of the higher classes or ranks in certain modern fraternal orders, as in the Knights Templars.
commander
/ əˈɑːԻə /
noun
an officer in command of a military formation or operation
a naval commissioned rank junior to captain but senior to lieutenant commander
the second in command of larger British warships
someone who holds authority
a high-ranking member of some knightly or fraternal orders
an officer responsible for a district of the Metropolitan Police in London
history the administrator of a house, priory, or landed estate of a medieval religious order
Other 51Թ Forms
- commandership noun
- subcommander noun
- subcommandership noun
- undercommander noun
- dzˈԻˌ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of commander1
Example Sentences
According to the testimony from the captured Russians in Kurashov's unit, their senior commander issued an order directly before the assault that no prisoners should be taken.
Israel's "Operation Rising Lion" began early Friday with the assassination of senior Iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists.
Israel has struck dozens of targets across Iran, damaging the uranium enrichment plant at Natanz and assassinating top military commanders and nuclear scientists in Tehran.
It later released a map of the sites it said it had hit which included nuclear facilities, missile facilities and radar defences, as well as scientists and military commanders.
Israel struck dozens of targets, including nuclear facilities, military sites and private residences, across Iran on Friday, killing a number of senior military commanders in what it called "Operation Rising Lion".
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