commander

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kəˈmɑːndə^r/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/kəˈmændɚ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kə man′dər, -män′-)

com•mand•er /kəˈmændɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

a person in authority;
chief officer;
leader.
Militarythe officer in command of a military unit.
Militaryan officer in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard ranking below a captain and above a lieutenant commander.

com•mand•er (kə man′dər, -män′-),USA pronunciation n.

a person who commands.
a person who exercises authority;
chief officer;
leader.
Militarythe commissioned officer in command of a military unit.
Military[U.S. Navy.]an officer ranking below a captain and above a lieutenant commander.
a police officer in charge of a precinct or other unit.
World Historythe chief officer of a commandery in the medieval orders of Knights Hospitalers, Knights Templars, and others.
World Historya member of one of the higher classes or ranks in certain modern fraternal orders, as in the Knights Templars.

Latin -ātōr- -ator
Old French comandere, equivalent. to comand(er) to command + -ere
Middle English 1250–1300

com•mand′er•ship′, n.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

commander /kəˈmɑːndə/ n

an officer in command of a military formation or operation
a naval commissioned rank junior to captain but senior to lieutenant commander
the second in command of larger British warships
someone who holds authority
a high-ranking member of some knightly or fraternal orders
an officer responsible for a district of the Metropolitan Police in London

comˈmanderˌship n

'commander' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Acton - admiral - Alexandra - Barclay de Tolly - C in C - captain - CBE - Cdr - Chief of Staff - chieftain - Chu Teh - Cimon - Cmdr - Com. - Comdr - command - commandeer - commander in chief - commando - command post - commodore - condottiere - Crowe - DBE - DCB - de Wet - Dönitz - Dowding - Dunois - emir - emperor - flagship - Foch - Gage - generalissimo - Grenville - group captain - Guesclin - Harris - Hawkins - headquarters - Howe - imperator - Joab - Jones - KBE - KCB - KCMG - Kesselring - Abner

In Lists: Military naval ranks (US), Vocabulaire , more...

Synonyms: commandant, commanding officer, head, administration, administrator, more...

Collocations: the [chief, first, military, air, naval] commander, the [bridge, wing, starboard] commander, commander of the [security, naval, armed] forces, more...

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