commandercom‧mand‧er /kəˈmɑːndə $ kəˈmændər/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
the American Commander, General Otis our platoon commander2a high rank in the navy, or someone who holds this rank3a British police officer of high rank → wing commander
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Commander, here are the reports you asked for.
- Mission Control told the shuttle commander that his first landing opportunity would be at 1 p.m.
- Army commanders in the outer islands proclaimed a state of emergency and replaced civilian governors by military men.
- He is the first to leap ashore, to the delight and relief of the garrison commander.
- Once a month his commander, Nam, would visit and update his orders.
- Submarines have become a favorite of Pentagon commanders who have given the boats new missions.
WORD SETS
action stations, nounaide-de-camp, nounairborne, adjectiveaircraft carrier, nounairlift, nounallied, adjectivearmour, nounarms control, nounarms race, nounarray, verbassault course, nounAWOL, adjectivebalance of power, nounbandmaster, nounbandsman, nounbase, nounbattle, nounbattle, verbbattle cry, nounbattlefield, nounbattlements, nounbeachhead, nounbivouac, nounblackout, nounblast, verbblitz, nounblockade, nounblockade, verbblockhouse, nounbloodshed, nounbody bag, nounbody count, nounbomb, verbbombard, verbbombardment, nounbomb disposal, nounboot camp, nounbowman, nounbreastplate, nounbridgehead, nounbunker, nouncall-up, nouncannonade, nouncapability, nouncaptain, nouncapture, nouncarrier, nouncashier, verbcenotaph, nounchief of staff, nouncitation, nouncivil defence, nounC.O., nouncommand, nouncommand, verbcommandant, nouncommander, nouncommander in chief, nouncommand post, nouncommissariat, nouncommissary, nouncommission, nouncommissioned officer, nounconquer, verbconquest, nounconscientious objector, nounconscript, verbconscript, nounconscription, nounconvoy, verbcookhouse, nounCorp., corporal, nouncorps, nouncounterinsurgency, nouncounterintelligence, nouncountermand, verbcounter-revolution, nouncourt-martial, nouncourt-martial, verbcross, noundawn raid, noundeath camp, noundemilitarize, verbdemobilize, verbdeploy, verbdetonate, verbdisarm, verbdisarmament, noundispatch, noundraft board, noundraft card, noundraft dodger, noundraftee, noundress uniform, noundrum major, noundump, nounechelon, nounencamp, verbenemy, nounengage, verbengagement, nounenlist, verbenlisted, adjectiveexchange, nounex-serviceman, nounex-servicewoman, nounfield, verbfirst lieutenant, nounfirst strike, nounflak jacket, nounflash, nounfort, nounfortress, nounfoxhole, nounFPO, front, noungas mask, noungeneral headquarters, nounGHQ, nounguardhouse, nounheadquarters, nounhigh command, nounHQ, nounincursion, nounindefensible, adjectiveinsignia, nouninstallation, nouninsubordination, nounintelligence, nouninternment, nouninvade, verbinvader, nouninvasion, nounkit bag, nounKP, nounlieutenant, nounline, nounMaj., major, nounmajor general, nounman, nounmarch, verbmarch, nounmarch-past, nounmarshal, nounmassacre, nounmassacre, verbmess, nounmess, verbmilitarism, nounmilitarized, adjectiveMilitary Academy, nounMilitary Cross, nounmilitary service, nounmilitia, nounmilitiaman, nounminuteman, nounmission, nounMP, nounmutineer, nounmutinous, adjectivemutiny, nounnational service, nounNATO, nounNCO, nounno-man's-land, nounnon-aggression, nounnon-aligned, adjectivenon-combatant, nounobjective, nounobservation post, nounoccupation, nounoccupy, verboffence, nounoffensive, adjectiveoffensive, nounofficer, nounoperation, nounorderly, nounoutflank, verboutpost, nounoverthrow, verboverwhelm, verbpact, nounpadre, nounparade, nounparamilitary, adjectiveparapet, nounpartisan, nounpassword, nounpatrol, nounperilous, adjectiveperiscope, nounpillbox, nounpincer movement, nounpost, verbPOW, nounpre-war, adjectiveprisoner, nounprisoner of war, nounPurple Heart, nounpush, nounputsch, nounPX, nounquarter, verbquartermaster, nounquell, verbR & R, nounraid, nounraid, verbrank, nounrebellion, nounrecapture, verbreconnaissance, nounreconnoitre, verbrecruit, verbrecruit, nounreinforce, verbrelieve, verbRemembrance Day, nounrepel, verbrequisition, verbretake, verbretire, verbretreat, verbretreat, nounreview, nounreview, verbribbon, nounsabre-rattling, nounsally, nounsalute, verbsalute, nounsalvo, nounsamurai, nounscorched earth policy, nounscout, nounscout, verbscramble, verbsecond lieutenant, nounsentinel, nounsentry, nounsentry box, nounsergeant, nounsergeant major, nounserviceman, nounservicewoman, nounSgt., shell, verbshelling, nounsiege, nounskirmish, nounstaff officer, nounstaging area, nounstandard-issue, adjectivestar, nounstation, nounstation, verbstrategic, adjectivestrategist, nounstrategy, nounstripe, nounstronghold, nounsuperpower, nounsuppress, verbsurgical strike, nounsurrender, verbsurrender, nountactical, adjectivetarget, nountarget, verbtask force, nountattoo, nountheatre, nountrench warfare, nountripwire, nountruce, nounturret, noununarmed, adjectiveunoccupied, adjectivevalour, nounveteran, nounvolunteer, nounvolunteer, verbwar chest, nounwar crime, nounwar cry, nounwar dance, nounwar effort, nounwarfare, nounwarhorse, nounwarlike, adjectivewarlord, nounwar memorial, nounwarmonger, nounwarrant officer, nounwarring, adjectivewarrior, nounwar-torn, adjectivewar widow, nounwar zone, nounwounded, adjectivezero hour, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1an officer of any rank who is in charge of a group of soldiers or a particular military activity: (=used in job titles for people with the highest rank) They offered him the position of editor-in-chief.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE They offered him the position of editor-in-chief.· When he opened the canopy the base commander approached with a civilian.· But, as the Navy leaves Miramar, not enough sailors were available this year, said base commander Jacobson.· The real challenge, said incoming base commander Col.
· Liu Huaqing, a former deputy army commander.· Scott Slocum, deputy commander of the Navy Recruiting Command.· The deputy commander reportedly has twice refused to obey the commander's direct orders on troop deployment.
· The local divisional commander called me direct.· Patrick Sweeney, 42, has been appointed divisional commander at Harrogate.· He has also served as deputy sub-divisional commander in Newton Aycliffe, and deputy divisional commander in Bishop Auckland.
· The local divisional commander called me direct.· Furthermore, can we be sure of the actions of local commanders?· Gen Morillon was also negotiating with local commanders yesterday to try to get aid convoys moving again in eastern Bosnia.· According to an Amal statement two people died in this attack, including the group's local deputy commander, Mahmud Haydar.
· Much more than a military commander, Pompey appointed kings and created new Roman provinces.· He remembers him as one Britain's great military commanders and a master of the under statement.· Moreover his domestic position was seriously weakened by his obvious lack of success as a diplomat and a military commander.· A military commander may overstep the bounds of constitutionality, and it is an incident.
· Finally the naval commander realized that the Shah was not going to approve his plan.
· As part of a restructuring of the armed forces announced on Feb. 10 he appointed new commanders to rebel garrisons.· The new commander of uniform operations will be Chief Supt Tom Whitton.
· Both sides also agreed to exchange information on a weekly basis between senior military commanders on troop deployments and movements.· He is now one of the most senior battlefield commanders.
· Admiral Yamamoto, as supreme commander of the Fleet, was particularly conscious of this naval responsibility.
· But in recent months top military commanders have dispatched a message of their own to the president.
NOUN· The army commander in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Col.-Gen.· Those army commanders who had still been hoping for a coup realized that all such hope was now lost.· But swift action by army commanders brought an end to Mr Sharif's Government.· He was succeeded as army commander by Brig.· Armed forces appointments Army commander Maj.-Gen.· Liu Huaqing, a former deputy army commander.· General Ricardo Izurieta, the moderate army commander, is now being criticised for political naivety by diehard Pinochetistas.
· Afterwards Macker moved forward to congratulate one of his battalion commanders.· His battalion commander was becoming a nuisance.· On the way in, the battalion commander called in Puff the Magic Dragon.· The battalion commander had been having a conflict with Division over how he ran the battalion.· The day was too much, and the battalion commander requested to be relieved of his duty.· Of course, the battalion commander with his artillery liaison officer was usually flying overhead.· We want to look up and see the battalion commander is a women.· Goldhagen found ample evidence that battalion commanders excused anyone who did not want to participate.
· The senior military advisor to the film was Colonel Joseph Conmy, brigade commander at the actual battle.· I had the brigade commander over-head offering me encouragement over the radio.· The brigade commander was able to assess the situation and take proper courses of action.· Lee had anticipated this attack, and had told the brigade commanders that the center must stand firm at all costs.· He blames the brigade commander, Col.
· My training company commander was a Regular Army officer of thirty or so.· My opinion of our company commander was deteriorating.· One of the company commanders there had died of pneumonia, and it was his place Montague had to take.· The company commander was still flying overhead and told us we had to go in one more time.· Like all the tunnelling company commanders, he was a regular engineer who had been transferred.· More testimony on the state of affairs described by Conner comes from company commander Henry Bergson.· He was sent for officer training, and a year later he was a company commander.· He had expected to become a captain, a company commander, because of his wisdom and age.
· All decisions had to be made by his two corps commanders.· He was one of their best corps commanders.· Khalid al Zayn Ali, the artillery corps commander, Maj.-Gen.· The correspondents of the press knew it long before the corps commanders were informed of the fact.· No army corps commander can ever be sure he has enough authority over his units to contemplate a coup.· On the Union side, General Meade assembled his corps commanders for a council of war.
· He was shortly joined by the division commander, who offered me more encouragement.· He had heard about our battle, and the Division commander had sent him to my aid.· I was continuously engaged in passing from one part of the field to another, giving directions to division commanders.
· Recognising his own inadequacy as a general, he appointed a succession of brilliant field commanders to lead the High Elf armies.· Reno, though, remained the field commander.· Morvael, having learned some lessons from earlier defeats, appointed Mentheus of Caledor as field commander.· Schwarzkopf strongly defended his field commanders from allegations that they were careless about chemical and biological weapons.· Back at field headquarters, Hartzog said, field commanders will view symbols that identify different forces on computer screens.
· The flight commander, without having the chance to say one word, retreated in haste.
· It is for the security force commanders to ensure that all the resources available to them are used with the maximum effectiveness.· Eventually, the field force commander joined in, all of them offering encouragement.· Sergeyev, a general and former rocket force commander, opposed a campaign by Gen.· Vladimir Semenov as conventional forces commander.
· The platoon commanders went back to their soldiers and covered the facts and details that affected their men.· The platoon commanders barked their orders to dismount and the vehicles came to an abrupt standstill amongst the enemy.· The platoon commanders shout their commands and the recruits manoeuvre into the required formations.· They are currently locked in animated detailed discussion with their platoon commander, an experienced infantry captain.
· Travis, his former squadron commander, because of an order restricting his movements on the 314-acre base on Point Loma.· His previous squadron commander, Capt.· And he let squadron commanders plan their own sortie schedules.
· Today their station commander paid tribute to the men.· People like the station commander kept on about vigilance.· The station commander at Beda Fomm was an old friend of Hoffmann's.· It was a very simple matter to reverse this procedure, generally after some unpleasantness with the appropriate squadron and station commander.
· This time it was an inspector I who had come looking for the wing commander, his sergeant and his constable.· Two wing commanders in a row had been fired, and things were getting progressively worse.
VERB· As part of a restructuring of the armed forces announced on Feb. 10 he appointed new commanders to rebel garrisons.
· Two of the sons of Judas of Galilee were killed as Zealot commanders in their own right.
the American Commander, General Otis our platoon commander2a high rank in the navy, or someone who holds this rank3a British police officer of high rank → wing commander