commander

[ kuh-man-der, -mahn- ]

/ kəˈmæn dər, -ˈmɑn- /

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 commandership

Then, slowly, I unfastened the four-rayed star on my left breast, and placed in its stead the insignia of my commandership.

Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 |Various
After Absalom's rebellion David foolishly and unjustly offered the commandership of the army to his nephew Amasa.

The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Kings |F. W. Farrar
Some years before, he had resigned his commandership in the Northern club.

Horace Chase |Constance Fenimore Woolson
Not if they are history, and eloquence and commandership have power over the blood and souls of men.

The Tragic Comedians, Complete |George Meredith

So true and impressive is this that reflection upon it makes the last year of Lee's commandership seem peculiarly glorious.

Beacon Lights of History, Volume XII |John Lord

British Dictionary definitions for commandership

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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commander

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Example sentences from the Web for commandership

British Dictionary definitions for commandership

noun

Derived forms of commander

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

commander

noun

Origin of commander

OTHER WORDS FROM commander

Words nearby commander

Example sentences from the Web for commandership

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