Definition of commander

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Commander (n.) An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army..

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Agha :: Agha (n.) In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect..
Partisan :: Partisan (n.) The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
Tycoon :: Tycoon (n.) The title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief of the Japanese army, was known to foreigners..
Commandery :: Commandery (n.) A district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of knights who was called a commander; -- called also a preceptory..
Apprise :: Apprise (v. t.) To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; -- followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done..
Emeer :: Emeer (n.) An Arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials..
Warder :: Warder (n.) A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will..
Seraskier :: Seraskier (n.) A general or commander of land forces in the Turkish empire; especially, the commander-in-chief of minister of war..
Rash :: Rash (superl.) Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander..
Conductor :: Conductor (n.) One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director..
Commandery :: Commandery (n.) A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.
Derange :: Derange (v. t.) To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange; as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a nation..
Alcayde :: Alcayde (n.) A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors..
Chiliarch :: Chiliarch (n.) The commander or chief of a thousand men.
Nurse :: Nurse (n.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place..
Admiral :: Admiral (n.) A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets..
Heretog :: Heretog (n.) The leader or commander of an army; also, a marshal..
Proconsul :: Proconsul (n.) An officer who discharged the duties of a consul without being himself consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, a province. He was usually one who had previously been consul..
Captainship :: Captainship (n.) The condition, rank, post, or authority of a captain or chief commander..
Temerity :: Temerity (n.) Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; as, the temerity of a commander in war..
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