commander

[ kuh-man-der, -mahn- ]

/ kəˈmæn dər, -ˈmɑn- /

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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.

Origin of commander

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French comandere, equivalent to comand(er) to command + -ere < Latin -ātōr- -ator

OTHER WORDS FROM commander

com·mand·er·ship, noun sub·com·mand·er, noun sub·com·mand·er·ship, noun un·der·com·mand·er, noun

Words nearby commander

command performance, command post, command-driven, commandant, commandeer, commander, commander in chief, commandery, commanding, commanding officer, commandment

Example sentences from the Web for commander

Qasem Suleimani was appointed as commander of the force in 1997.

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Zaim Ali, a Peshmerga commander, said: “We have established a military plan to clear ISIS from all of areas.”

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This is not lost on their commander, Rama (Shani Klein), an aspiring military careerist who looks down on frivolity in wartime.

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He was the commander of the ship when it crashed and he admits his decision to take the ship off course.

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At a conference in London the following week, a senior retired U.S. Air Force commander pooh-poohed counterstealth efforts.

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The commander does not, as yet, make a selection of one course of action in preference to another.

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The order was promptly obeyed, and the commander rode forward with the captain of the second company.

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Saussaye, the French commander, dashed for hiding in the woods.

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"I thank you for the suggestion, Mr. Passford, and I must say that you seem to be entirely fair," said the commander.

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I am here by orders of the commander, who wishes to speak to you, said Federovski in a dry tone.

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British Dictionary definitions for commander

commander

/ (kəˈmɑːndə) /

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 of commander

commandership, noun

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