Definition of commander

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Commander (n.) A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc..

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Privateer :: Privateer (n.) The commander of a privateer.
Commandership :: Commandership (n.) The office of a commander.
Commandery :: Commandery (n.) A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.
Generalship :: Generalship (n.) Military skill in a general officer or commander.
Herald :: Herald (n.) An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character..
Ovation :: Ovation (n.) A lesser kind of triumph allowed to a commander for an easy, bloodless victory, or a victory over slaves..
Commander :: Commander (n.) The chief officer of a commandery.
Imperator :: Imperator (n.) A commander; a leader; an emperor; -- originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor..
Knight Templar :: Knight Templar () See Commandery, n., 3, and also Templar, n., 1 and 3..
Myriarch :: Myriarch (n.) A captain or commander of ten thousand men.
Unfortunate :: Unfortunate (a.) Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business..
Post-captain :: Post-captain (n.) A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was posted, in the seniority list of the British navy, as distinguished from a commander whose name was not so posted. The term was also used in the United States navy; but no such commission as post-captain was ever recognized in either service, and the term has fallen into disuse..
Seraskier :: Seraskier (n.) A general or commander of land forces in the Turkish empire; especially, the commander-in-chief of minister of war..
Commanderies :: Commanderies (pl. ) of Commander.
Temerity :: Temerity (n.) Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; as, the temerity of a commander in war..
Captainship :: Captainship (n.) The condition, rank, post, or authority of a captain or chief commander..
Presumptuous :: Presumptuous (a.) Full of presumption; presuming; overconfident or venturesome; audacious; rash; taking liberties unduly; arrogant; insolent; as, a presumptuous commander; presumptuous conduct..
Chieftain :: Chieftain (n.) A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army, or clan..
Warder :: Warder (n.) A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will..
Strategy :: Strategus (n.) The leader or commander of an army; a general.
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