commander
noun /kəˈmɑːndə(r)/
/kəˈmændər/
- a person who is in charge of something, especially an officer in charge of a particular group of soldiers or a military operation
- military/allied/field/flight commanders
- the commander of the expedition
- General Eisenhower was Supreme Allied Commander in Western Europe.
- the commander of US forces in Iraq
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- senior
- supreme
- top
- …
- commander of
- Commander-in-Chief
- (abbreviation Cdr)an officer of fairly high rank in the British or American navyTopics War and conflictc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- senior
- supreme
- top
- …
- commander of
- Commander-in-Chief
- (abbreviation Cdr)(in England) a London police officer of high rankTopics Law and justicec2
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French comandeor, from late Latin commandare ‘to command’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + mandare ‘commit, command’.