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Commander   /kəmˈændər/   Listen
Commander

noun
1.
An officer in command of a military unit.  Synonyms: commandant, commanding officer.
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.  Synonym: air force officer.



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"Commander" Quotes from Famous Books



... head of the thirty-third degree in Indiana. The Scottish Rite delegation numbered more than 150. There were also in attendance fifty Knights Templars of Rapier Commandery, under the leadership of Eminent Commander E.J. Scoonover. ...
— Spalding's Official Baseball Guide - 1913 • John B. Foster

... to obey," snapped Trego excitedly. "You will please to see from my papers that I am the commander of all. Read eet again eef you do not know!" And he shook his malacca ...
— The Devil's Admiral • Frederick Ferdinand Moore

... a haggard-looking officer, who was to be relieved by the commander of the squad in which were the ...
— Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line - The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam • Clarence Young

... tended to draw a man of inherent capacity to the pursuits of the jurisconsult may best be understood by considering the option which was practically before him in his choice of a profession. He might become a teacher of rhetoric, a commander of frontier-posts, or a professional writer of panegyrics. The only other walk of active life which was open to him was the practice of the law. Through that lay the approach to wealth, to fame, to office, to the council-chamber of the monarch—it ...
— Ancient Law - Its Connection to the History of Early Society • Sir Henry James Sumner Maine

... speaking he needed but one hint to do that. His commander climbed out, or fell out, from beneath the boot. The ground upon which he fell ...
— Thankful's Inheritance • Joseph C. Lincoln


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