commander
noun
com·mand·er
kə-ˈman-dər 
1
: one in an official position of command or control: such as
b
: the presiding officer of a society or organization
2
: a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard ranking above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
Examples of commander in a Sentence
a surrender of the fort by the commander without a single shot having been fired
the intrepid commander of the HMS Surprise
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The commander of the Eastern Theater Command from 2019 to 2022 was He.
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Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Haugh, a career Air Force leader, was deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command at Fort George G. Meade, Md., until President Joe Biden tapped him to lead the NSA in Feb. 2024.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
This was true of Fury (2015) as well, his brutal and gruesome war drama featuring Brad Pitt as a tank commander in the final days of World War II leading a platoon of hardened, traumatized, broken soldiers.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2025
While Caine does not meet prerequisites for the job set out in a 1986 law -- such as being a combatant commander or service chief -- those requirements can be waived by the president and lawmakers have noted his decades of service.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Apr. 2025
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Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Haugh, a career Air Force leader, was deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command at Fort George G. Meade, Md., until President Joe Biden tapped him to lead the NSA in Feb. 2024.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
This was true of Fury (2015) as well, his brutal and gruesome war drama featuring Brad Pitt as a tank commander in the final days of World War II leading a platoon of hardened, traumatized, broken soldiers.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2025
While Caine does not meet prerequisites for the job set out in a 1986 law -- such as being a combatant commander or service chief -- those requirements can be waived by the president and lawmakers have noted his decades of service.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for commander
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“Commander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commander. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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commander
noun
com·mand·er
kə-ˈman-dər
1
: one in official command especially of a military force or base
2
: a naval commissioned officer with a rank just below that of captain
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