单词 | commandant |
释义 | commandantn. a. A commanding officer, a commander: irrespective of rank. Applied esp. to the military governor of a fortress, town, or district, and often as a foreign title, French, Spanish, or Portuguese. Used in the wars of 1914–18 and 1939–45 as the title of an officer holding a special command, as of a place, depot, or the like, or of a particular force. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] heretogac900 marshal1258 chevetaine1297 chieftainc1330 arrayerc1370 governora1382 master of (the) chivalrya1382 leadera1387 war-headlinga1400 emperorc1400 captain1450 conductor1483 grand captain1531 commendador1580 lodesman1581 conducta1592 commander1598 induperator1599 war-captain1610 war-chief1610 war-leader1610 most mastera1616 commandant1687 commandant-general1827 baron1919 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > commander of fortress or garrison warden1297 alcaydec1503 governor1523 burgrave1551 stadholdera1626 Town Major1646 commandant1687 dizdar1768 killadar1778 kaïd1816 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > [noun] > military governor commandant1796 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > commanding officer commanding officer1758 thanadar1802 company commander1820 old man1830 C.O.1889 skipper1906 commandant1915 1687 London Gaz. No. 2248/4 The Commandant of the said Regiment on Honslow-Heath. 1691 D. Defoe New Discov. Old Intreague xiii. 17 And here, (if not at home) he's Commandant. 1747 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 521/1 Sixteen different ships engaged us alternately; the commandant..staid by us the least of any. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 742 The commandant there is subordinate to the viceroy of Peru, in all matters relating to the government, to the finances, and to war. 1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 451 The Commandant of the forces in both Canadas. 1822 Ld. Byron Werner i. i. 613 Here is a packet for the commandant Of Frankfort. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 195 The Cardinal is here from Rome, The Commandant from Seville. 1915 P. Gibbs Soul of War 342 The Base Commandant's office was the sorting-house of the Expeditionary Force. 1915 C. Grahame-White & H. Harper Aircraft in Great War 236 The commandant of the air corps. 1920 G. K. Rose 2/4th Oxf. & Bucks Light Infantry 145 A Brigade school, with Bennett as its commandant. 1950 C. MacInnes To Victors the Spoils i. 20 The Camp Commandant had..a brisk, impatient manner. b. South African. [= Afrikaans kommandant.] The leader of a Boer commando; in the South African armed forces, an officer ranking between major and colonel, the commandant-general being the commander-in-chief. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > of specific forces praetor?a1439 aga1542 emir1542 imperator1590 crownerc1600 ban1614 sardar1615 duke1652 dey1656 hetman1710 stratopedarch1788 commandant1791 tuchun1917 war-lord1922 myriarch1949 1791 G. Carter Narr. Loss Grosvenor xl. 149 Hynes thinks that Quin was a kind of commandant. 1838 F. Owen Diary (1926) 125 The commandant thanked me for speaking my sentiments openly to them, rather than to the natives. 1838 F. Owen Diary (1926) 127 The commandant of the Natal forces. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 11 Nov. 8/1 Commandos, in which the burghers are under command of Field-Cornets and Commandants. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 438/2 Each district was furnished with a commandant, who had under him field-cornets and assistant field-cornets. 1914 Times 20 Nov. 7/5 Commandant S. P. Du Toit..to-day captured another of Beyers's rebel officers. 1952 Kommando Feb. 38/3 In 1946, the Regiment was reformed on a Peace Time Basis under the command of Commandant A.D.F. Sales. Derivatives commandant-general n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] heretogac900 marshal1258 chevetaine1297 chieftainc1330 arrayerc1370 governora1382 master of (the) chivalrya1382 leadera1387 war-headlinga1400 emperorc1400 captain1450 conductor1483 grand captain1531 commendador1580 lodesman1581 conducta1592 commander1598 induperator1599 war-captain1610 war-chief1610 war-leader1610 most mastera1616 commandant1687 commandant-general1827 baron1919 1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 207 By electing Barrios commandant-general of the province. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 4 Jan. 5/2 If Mr. Schalk Burger is returned he will resign his Commandant-Generalship. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 11 Nov. 8/1 The Commandant-General..is chosen by the whole force. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1687 |
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