Commander

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person who commands, especially a commanding officer.
  • n. A commissioned rank in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard that is above lieutenant commander and below captain.
  • n. One who holds this rank.
  • n. The chief commissioned officer of a military unit regardless of his or her rank.
  • n. An officer in some knightly or fraternal orders.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
  • n. A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.
  • n. One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons.
  • n. A designation or rank in certain non-military organizations such as NASA and various police forces.
  • n. The chief officer of a commandry.
  • n. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.
  • n. An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.
  • n. The chief officer of a commandery.
  • n. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who has the authority or power to command or order; especially, a military leader; the chief officer of an army or of any division of it.
  • n. Hence One who has control, in any sense.
  • n. Specifically In the British and United States navies, an officer next in rank below a captain and above a lieutenant or a lieutenant-commander.
  • n. The chief officer of a commandery in the medieval orders of Knights Hospitallers, Templars, etc. See commandery, 2 .
  • n. A similar officer in certain secret orders, as in the American order of Knights Templars.
  • n. A member of a higher class in a modern honorary order.
  • n. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet used in paving, or by sailmakers and riggers.
  • n. In surgery, a box or cradle for incasing an injured limb.
  • n. In hat-making, a string which is pressed down over a conical hat while it is on the block, to bring it to the required cylindrical form.
  • n. In medieval fortification, same as cavalier, 5.
  • n. A member of the highest class, or one of the highest classes, of some modern honorary orders. See order. Synonyms Leader, Head, etc. See chief.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an officer in command of a military unit
  • n. an officer in the airforce
  • n. a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
  • n. someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others
  • Hypernym
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    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    chief    leader    controller    captain    commandant    chiliarch    centurion    Tagus    heretoga    hetman   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alexander    Leander    Lysander    Sander    Santander    alexander    bander    blander    brander    candor   
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    officer    chief    personnel    command    engineer    organization    troop    governor    pilot    master