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Commander - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Commander : (noun)
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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
A leader and commander to the people. --Is. lv. 4.
2. (Navy) An officer who ranks next below a captain, --
ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.
3. The chief officer of a commandery.
4. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail
lofts, etc.
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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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