Commander - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- 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 officer in the airforce
Extra examples
...a surrender of the fort by the commander without a single shot having been fired...
...the intrepid commander of the HMS Surprise...
...the naval commander wore his dress uniform to the ball...
He was the commander of the Pacific fleet.
...the supreme commander of the conjunct operations of the allied armies...
...a military commander who was so poltroon that he surrendered without having fired so much as a single shot...
...the army post's stern commander always had the utmost respect of those who served under him...
The naval commander disengaged the two largest ships from the sea battle.
The commander had been forewarned of the attack.
The commander rallied his troops for a counterattack.
A commander in each county was to have charge of the local militia.
The government has accepted the resignation of a senior army commander.
Orders were passed to the commander at the front in an abbreviated form.
Early in 1941 he was named commander of the African Corps.
Word forms
singular: commander
plural: commanders
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