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Commandant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The commanding officer of a military organization.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A commander; especially, a commanding officer of a fortified town or garrison.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an officer in command of a military unit

Word Usage

"Gary DuMornay, the principal of Kappa 6 - who is known as the "commandant" at this military-style middle school - said that the grant money would mainly be used to improve the students' reading ability."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

officer military officer

Hyponym

commander in chief supreme allied commander atlantic wing commander saclant SACEUR

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

commander

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Labonte Vermont avant croissant debutante

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

chaplain commander in chief colonel captain general superintendent