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commander

[ kuh-man-der, -mahn- ]

noun

  1. a person who commands.
  2. a person who exercises authority; chief officer; leader.
  3. the commissioned officer in command of a military unit.
  4. U.S. Navy. an officer ranking below a captain and above a lieutenant commander.
  5. a police officer in charge of a precinct or other unit.
  6. the chief officer of a commandery in the medieval orders of Knights Hospitalers, Knights Templars, and others.
  7. a member of one of the higher classes or ranks in certain modern fraternal orders, as in the Knights Templars.


commander

/ °ìəˈ³¾É‘˲ԻåÉ™ /

noun

  1. an officer in command of a military formation or operation
  2. a naval commissioned rank junior to captain but senior to lieutenant commander
  3. the second in command of larger British warships
  4. someone who holds authority
  5. a high-ranking member of some knightly or fraternal orders
  6. an officer responsible for a district of the Metropolitan Police in London
  7. history the administrator of a house, priory, or landed estate of a medieval religious order
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of commander1

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French comandere, equivalent to comand ( er ) to command + -ere < Latin -Äå³ÙÅ°ù- -ator
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