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com·mand·er
(kə-măn′dər)n.
1. A person who commands, especially a commanding officer.
2.
a. A commissioned rank in the US Navy or Coast Guard that is above lieutenant commander and below captain.
b. One who holds this rank.
c. The chief commissioned officer of a military unit regardless of his or her rank.
3. An officer in some knightly or fraternal orders.
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commander
(kəˈmɑːndə)n
1. (Military) an officer in command of a military formation or operation
2. (Military) a naval commissioned rank junior to captain but senior to lieutenant commander
3. (Military) 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. (Law) an officer responsible for a district of the Metropolitan Police in London
7. (Historical Terms) history the administrator of a house, priory, or landed estate of a medieval religious order
comˈmanderˌship n
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com•mand•er
(kəˈmæn dər, -ˈmɑn-)n.
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. an officer in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard ranking below a captain and above a lieutenant commander.
5. the chief officer of a medieval order of knights.
6. a member of high rank in a modern fraternal order.
[1250–1300; Middle English < Old French]
com•mand′er•ship`, n.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() SACLANT, Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic - commanding officer of ACLANT; a general of the United States Army nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the North Atlantic Council SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander Europe - commanding officer of ACE; NATO's senior military commander in Europe armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" commander in chief, generalissimo - the officer who holds the supreme command; "in the U.S. the president is the commander in chief" military officer, officer - any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command; "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men" wing commander - (RAF rank) one who is next below a group captain |
2. | commander - someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others | |
3. | commander - a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" commissioned naval officer - a commissioned officer in the navy | |
4. | ![]() military man, serviceman, man, military personnel - someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty" |
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commander
noun leader, director, chief, officer, boss, head, captain, bass (S. African), ruler, commander-in-chief, commanding officer, C in C, C.O. The commander and some of his men had been released.
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قائِد
korvetní kapitánvelitel
anførerhærførerorlogskaptajn
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johtajakomentajapäällikkö
sjóliîsforingiyfirmaîur, stjórnandi
korvetný kapitán
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commander
[kəˈmɑːndəʳ] N (Mil) → comandante mf (Hist) [of chivalric order] → comendador m (Naut) → capitán m de fragataCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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commander
n
→ Führer(in) m(f); (Mil, Aviat) → Befehlshaber(in) m(f), → Kommandant(in) m(f); (Naut) → Fregattenkapitän(in) m(f); (Brit, Police) Distriktleiter der Londoner Polizei
(of order of chivalry) → Komtur m
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command
(kəˈmaːnd) verb1. to order. I command you to leave the room immediately!
2. to have authority over. He commanded a regiment of soldiers.
3. to have by right. He commands great respect.
noun1. an order. We obeyed his commands.
2. control. He was in command of the operation.
commandant (komənˈdant) , ((American) ˈkoməndant) noun an officer who has the command of a place or of a body of troops.
comˈmander noun1. a person who commands. He was the commander of the expedition.
2. in the British navy, an officer of the rank next below the captain.
comˈmanding adjective1. impressive. He has a commanding appearance.
2. with a wide view. The house had a commanding position on the hill.
comˈmandment noun a command given by God, especially one of the ten given to Moses.
comˌmander-in-ˈchief noun the officer in supreme command of an army, or of the entire forces of the state.
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