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单词 commandant
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commandantn.

Brit. /ˈkɒməndɑːnt/, /ˈkɒməndant/, /ˈkɒməndənt/, /kɒmənˈdɑːnt/, /kɒmənˈdant/, U.S. /ˈkɑmənˌdænt/, /ˈkɑmənˌdɑnt/
Etymology: < French commandant, in same sense, originally present participle = ‘commanding’: compare Italian, Spanish, and Provençal comandante, Portuguese commandante.
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.
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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.
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