Commander
[kə'mɑːndə] or [kə'mændɚ]
Definition
(noun.) someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others.
(noun.) a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain.
Typist: Shelley--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Chief, chieftain, leader, captain.
Typist: Nelda
Examples
- I will take you to the commander. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This Mr. Will was commander-in-chief of Worcester's servants. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Lieutenant-Colonel Garland, of the 4th infantry, was the brigade commander, and on this occasion commanded the entire marching force. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But first he had encountered the company commander in the front line who had regarded the whole mission with owlishly grave suspicion. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Is a commander first to give cruel orders, and then to forgive and reward those who slay his instruments? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You shall be commander of the expedition, and I'll obey blindly, will that satisfy you? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- GRANT, Commander-in-Chief. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I says as much to you, you says more to me, I says more to you, you says more to me, and here I am, commander! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was named Fort Pemberton after the commander at Vicksburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He was a wonderful Brigade Commander though in a situation where it looked as though everything was lost. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He was a divisional commander and he was a Hungarian. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Commander Read and the seaplane, NC-4, in readiness for their long trip, which began May 16, 1919, and ended May 27th. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I communicated direct to the commander of the expedition the following instructions: CITY POINT, VIRGINIA, January 3, 1865. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Why, you see, commander, says Phil, I ain't acquainted with anythink else, and I doubt if I ain't a-getting too old to take to novelties. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The worst excuse a soldier can make for declining service is that he once ranked the commander he is ordered to report to. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Sure enough, as indicated by the change of commanders, the enemy was about to assume the offensive. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The troops engaged in them will have to look to the detailed reports of their individual commanders for the full history of those deeds. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Is it any wonder that its captains and commanders and officials, nay, even its clerks and common soldiers, came back to England loaded with spoils? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Orders were given to all the commanders engaged at Shiloh to send in their reports without delay to department headquarters. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Through this opening no doubt the Confederate commanders had been able to get messengers under cover of night. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- One of Birney's most gallant brigade commanders--Alexander Hays--was killed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- His command was subdivided into four departments, but the commanders all reported to Sherman and were subject to his orders. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He had seen enough of commanders to whom all orders were impossible. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Of this mighty Order I am no mean member, but already one of the Chief Commanders, and may well aspire one day to hold the batoon of Grand Master. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- They had gained the middle of it, when excitement became obvious in the clerical commanders. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I also notified the other commanders throughout the country, who also fired salutes in honor of his victory. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In time of war the President, being by the Constitution Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy, is responsible for the selection of commanders. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- During the whole of Sunday I was continuously engaged in passing from one part of the field to another, giving directions to division commanders. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- One thing, however, should be impressed on corps commanders. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Wood, one of the division commanders who was to make the charge, standing talking to him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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