commander
Syllables: com·mandUK/kəˈmɑːndə//kəˈmændɚ/
commander noun: one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
Noun
commander (plural commanders)
- One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
- I think if post commanders of the unchaplained posts could employ acceptable clergymen […] then the needs might be met.1883, United States. War Department, Annual Reports of the War Department, volume 1, page 128
- Instead, Korda squeezes Eisenhower’s extraordinary two-term presidency — not to mention his stints as president of Columbia University and commander of NATO forces — into 140 themeless pages.2007 September 30, Douglas Brinkley, “Overlord’s Overlord”, in The New York Times
- A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.
- Shepard: I don't take orders from you anymore, remember?
Anderson: Consider yourself reinstated... Commander.2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Earth
- Shepard: I don't take orders from you anymore, remember?
- One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons.
- A designation or rank in certain non-military organizations such as NASA and various police forces.
- The chief officer of a commandry.
- A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
- A rank within an honorary order: e.g. Commander of the Legion of Honour.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Moduza.
- A soldier who has attained the rank of sergeant or higher
Proper noun capitalized: Commander
Commander (plural Commanders)
- A surname.
commander meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
commander in Hindi
- one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
- कमांडर kamāṇḍar, कमान अफसर kamān aphsar, सेनापति senāpti, सेनानायक senānāyak, सालार sālār, सलार salār
- one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
- सरदार sardār
commander in Tamil
- கட்டளையாளர், வியவர்
commander in Marathi
- one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
- कमांडर kamāṇḍar
- a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
- कमांडर kamāṇḍar
- commander in an honorary order
- कमांडर kamāṇḍar
commander in Urdu
- one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
- کَمانْڈَر kamānḍar, اَمِیر amīr, سالار sālār, فَرْمان دِہْ farmān dih
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- commander in Bengali
- কমান্ডার komanḍar, সেনাপতি śenapoti
- commander in Malayalam
- ആജ്ഞാപകൻ, സേനാപതി, സൈന്യാധിപൻ, നാവികോദ്യോഗസ്ഥൻ
- commander in Kannada
- ಕಮಾಂಡರ್, ಸೇನಾಪತಿಯು
- commander in Punjabi
- ਕੁਮੇਦਾਨ kumedān
- commander in Gujarati
- કમાન્ડર, સેનાપતિ
- commander in Odia
- ମହାପାତ୍ର mahāpātra
- commander in Sanskrit
- अधिप adhipa
- commander in Nepali
- कमान्डर, कमाण्डर
- commander in Arabic
- آمِر ʔāmir, مُقَدَّم muqaddam, قَائِد qāʔid, قُمَنْدَان qumandān
- commander in Malay
- komander
- commander in Indonesian
- panglima, komandan, mayor
- commander in Thai
- ผู้บัญชาการ pûu-ban-chaa-gaan, นาวาโท naa-waa-too
- commander in Vietnamese
- người chỉ huy, tư lệnh
- commander in Myanmar
- တပ်မှူး taphmu:
Examples of commander in a sentence
- I had difficulty reaching the commander, but eventually my call was routed through.
- The poet composed a ballad praising the heroic exploits of the fallen commander.
- The commander lased the target across the valley.
Forms of commander
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | commanders |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Commanders |
Origin of commander
From Middle English comaundour, commaunder, comaunder, borrowed from Old French comandeor, cumandeur, from comander. By surface analysis, command + -er. See command.
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Questions about commander
- What does commander mean?
- Commander means one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
- What is commander in Hindi?
- Commander in Hindi is कमांडर (kamāṇḍar), कमान अफसर (kamān aphsar), सेनापति (senāpti). See Commander meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is commander?
- Commander can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce commander?
- Commander is pronounced /kəˈmændɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of commander?
- The plural of commander is commanders.
Words near commander in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: commander (page history and authors); Commander (page history and authors); commander (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); commander (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); commander (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); commander (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ମହାପାତ୍ର (Odia) (page history and authors); commander (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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