commandantnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɒm.ən.dænt/us/ˈkɑː.ən.dænt/an officer who is in charge of a military organization or building, such as a prison for soldiers used during a war
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General ranks in the armed forces
- ADC
- adjutant
- aide-de-camp
- artificer
- C-in-C
- captain
- co-
- commander-in-chief
- commissioned officer
- five-star
- flash
- four-star
- generalissimo
- NCO
- non-commissioned officer
- officer
- ranking
- top brass
- warrant officer
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Examples from literature
- And who is the commandant of this fortress?
- As yet, they had not touched one of the enemy, and the young commandant was chagrined, anxious and annoyed.
- I am commandant here, with power of life and death, and I tell you that he shall certainly die—and his blood will be on your head.
- Lieutenant King, the commandant, wrote in good spirits, and spoke of meeting all his difficulties like a man determined to overcome them.
- When the Portuguese commandant learned of this, he sent to the ruler of the island to demand those robbers who had mutinied on one of the king's ships.