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commander
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Commander ( French : Commandeur ) is a common naval and air force officer rank . Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organisations, including several police forces. The literal meaning is he who commands, parallel to Commandant . In ...
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n. an officer in command of a military unit [syn: commanding officer , commandant ] someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain an ...
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Commander \Com*mand"er\, n. [Cf. F. commandeur. Cf. Commodore , Commender .] 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. (Navy) An officer who ...
Usage examples of commander.
Admiral Porter who, with one possible exception, was the ablest naval commander in our service.
Conceivably, as Adams speculated, had General Nathanael Greene remained one of their commanders, things would have gone differently.
He was the first Unionist commander to enter the Northern Cave of Adullam, already infested with Copperhead snakes.
Everyone will know him, this brave man of pure Afrikander blood, subsequently a famous Commander, a martyr.
The ass-chewing that Aguinaldo had directed at the commanders of the 37th Infantry Division was a potent spur to speed.
Since you Marines provide the security for our embassies, I asked General Aguinaldo to designate one of his commanders to do the same for the Ambassador.
Wimbush sat flanked by Ambassador Wellington-Humphreys and General Aguinaldo on his right, and the two army Corps commanders on his left.
There was a trid made on Diamunde, and another with Aguinaldo standing with Sturgeon and his other major commanders on that campaign.
After all had been told the commander again shook hands with both of the air service boys.
Admirals Morgan and Morris and Lieutenant Commander Ramshawe were briefed on the scale of the disaster, the media already had experts on the airwaves explaining what had happened.
The Imperials that stopped us were led by a commander named Lieutenant Alima, an older human from the planet Coruscant.
OFF severomorsk naval complex USS allentown Commander Henry Duckett looked at the OPREP-3 message from COMSUBLANT ordering Allentown to prepare to fire, then handed it to the OOD, who read it and looked up in astonishment.
OFF severmorsk naval complex USS allentown As the radioman handed Commander Henry Duckett the flash message, he felt the eyes of the crewmen on him, awaiting word to launch the Javelins.
USS allentown Commander Henry Duckett heard the long, rumbling roar come through the hull followed by a vibration that started to shake the ship.
Office of the Commander, Amn AI-Khass Special Security Service Headquarters Palestine Street, Baghdad, Iraq Tuesday, 29 November 1994 2305 Hours, Local Hussein Kamil was unhappy, almost despondent.