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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Israel killed or imprisoned Palestinian commanders, along with thousands of civilians, leaving Palestinian operational units leaderless and uncoordinated.
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Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
Israeli officials later said a local Hezbollah commander and several operatives were in the building.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
With a squad of rebels fanned out to watch for army patrols or helicopters, the unit commander and I and a few others talked for four hours.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
The artworks were found in chambers used by the commander of the Roman troops, and researchers have created a digital reconstruction of what the structure may have looked like in its heyday.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
Israeli officials later said a local Hezbollah commander and several operatives were in the building.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
With a squad of rebels fanned out to watch for army patrols or helicopters, the unit commander and I and a few others talked for four hours.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
The artworks were found in chambers used by the commander of the Roman troops, and researchers have created a digital reconstruction of what the structure may have looked like in its heyday.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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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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