commander
//kəˈmændɚ//
informalForms
- Plural
- commanders
Definitions
1.One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
- I think if post commanders of the unchaplained posts could employ acceptable clergymen […] then the needs might be met.
- Instead, Korda squeezes Eisenhower’s extraordinary two-term presidency, not to mention his stints as president of Columbia University and commander of NATO forces: into 140 themeless pages.
2.One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons.
3.A designation or rank in certain non-military organizations such as NASA and various police forces.
4.A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2392
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle English comaundour, commaunder, comaunder, borrowed from Old French comandeor, cumandeur, from comander.
By surface analysis, command + -er.
See command.