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English

Pronunciation

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Noun

commander (plural: commanders)

  1. One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
  2. A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.
  3. One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons.


Translations

---- Category:Military ranks Category:Nautical

French

Verb

  1. to order


Conjugation

de:commander et:commander el:commander fa:commander fr:commander io:commander id:commander hu:commander ru:commander fi:commander ta:commander te:commander vi:commander zh:commander

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Commander \Com*mand"er\, n. [Cf. F. commandeur. Cf. Commodore,
Commender.]
1. A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the
chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.
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A leader and commander to the people. --Is. lv. 4.
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2. (Navy) An officer who ranks next below a captain, --
ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.
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3. The chief officer of a commandery.
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4. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail
lofts, etc.
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Commander in chief, the military title of the officer who
has supreme command of the land or naval forces or the
united forces of a nation or state; a generalissimo. The
President is commander in chief of the army and navy of
the United States.

Syn: See Chief.
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WordNet commander
n 1: an officer in command of a military unit [syn: {commanding
officer}, commandant]
2: someone in an official position of authority who can command
or control others
3: a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant
commander and below a captain
4: an officer in the airforce [syn: air force officer]
Moby Dictionary
A per se , ADC , CO , OD , ace , admiral , aide , aide-de-camp , boatswain ,
boss , brigadier , brigadier general , captain , castellan , champion ,
chatelain , chatelaine , chicken colonel , chief , chief engineer ,
chief mate , chief of staff , chief petty officer , colonel ,
commandant , commander in chief , commanding officer ,
commissioned officer , commodore , company officer , dean ,
deck officer , director , ensign , exec , executive , executive officer ,
field marshal , field officer , first lieutenant , five-star general ,
fleet admiral , four-star general , fugleman , general ,
general officer , generalissimo , genius , governor , head , higher-up ,
intendant , jemadar , junior officer , laureate , leader , lieutenant ,
lieutenant colonel , lieutenant commander , lieutenant general ,
lieutenant junior grade , major , major general , manager , marechal ,
marshal , master , mate , naval officer , navarch , navigating officer ,
navigator , nonpareil , officer , one-star general , orderly officer ,
paragon , patron , petty officer , pipes , principal , prodigy ,
quartermaster , rear admiral , risaldar , ruler , sailing master ,
second mate , senior , senior officer , shavetail , shipmaster , sirdar ,
skipper , staff officer , star , subahdar , subaltern , sublieutenant ,
superior , superman , superstar , the Old Man , the brass ,
the greatest , the most , three-star general , top brass , top dog ,
two-star general , vice admiral , virtuoso , warrant officer ,
watch officer


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