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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
Derived Forms
- dzˈԻˌ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- dz·Իİ· noun
- ܲcdz·Իİ noun
- subdz·Իİ· noun
- ܲd·dz·Իİ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of commander1
Example Sentences
The military said the deputy commander of the reconnaissance battalion was dismissed "due to his responsibilities as the field commander in this incident and for providing an incomplete and inaccurate report during the debrief".
Susan Meyers, the commander at the Space Force base there, sent an email to U.S. and allied service members at the base: Vance’s remarks do not reflect the views of the U.S. military.
"These are barely trained troops led by Russian officers who they don't understand," former British Army tank commander, Col Hamish de Bretton-Gordon had said earlier this year.
A truce with local German commanders enabled them to enter without a fight.
With fast moving world events and the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, Commodore James Blackmore, commander of the strike group, said there was always a possibility that the programme could be changed.
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