commander
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
commander/kəˈmɑːndə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 a person in authority, especially in a military context.
■ a rank of naval officer, above lieutenant commander and below captain.
■ an officer in charge of a Metropolitan Police district in London.
- 2 a member of a higher class in some orders of knighthood.
– derivatives
commandership noun.
commandership noun.
'commander' also found in these Oxford entries:
admiral
- aga
- amir
- captain
- CBE
- Cdr
- centurion
- chiliarch
- C.-in-C.
- Cmdr
- commandeer
- commander-in-chief
- Commander of the Faithful
- commodore
- CVO
- dame
- DBE
- DCB
- DCMG
- DCVO
- emir
- emperor
- general
- general headquarters
- generalissimo
- general staff
- group captain
- headquarters
- hetman
- high command
- imperator
- -in-chief
- KBE
- KCB
- KCMG
- KCVO
- knight commander
- lieutenant
- lieutenant commander
- marshal
- officer
- ovation
- privateer
- raglan
- Sam Browne
- serang
- seraskier
- sergeant major
- shogun
