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COMMANDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An officer in the airforce
Synonyms:
air force officer; commander
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("commander" is a kind of...):
man; military man; military personnel; serviceman (someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force)
Derivation:
command (be in command of)
command (exercise authoritative control or power over)
commandership (the position or office of commander)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("commander" is a kind of...):
leader (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)
Derivation:
command (be in command of)
command (exercise authoritative control or power over)
commandership (the position or office of commander)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("commander" is a kind of...):
commissioned naval officer (a commissioned officer in the navy)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Derivation:
command (be in command of)
command (exercise authoritative control or power over)
commandership (the position or office of commander)
Sense 4
Meaning:
An officer in command of a military unit
Synonyms:
commandant; commander; commanding officer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("commander" is a kind of...):
military officer; officer (any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commander"):
SACLANT; Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (commanding officer of ACLANT; a general of the United States Army nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the North Atlantic Council)
SACEUR; Supreme Allied Commander Europe (commanding officer of ACE; NATO's senior military commander in Europe)
commander-in-chief; commander in chief; generalissimo (the officer who holds the supreme command)
wing commander ((RAF rank) one who is next below a group captain)
Derivation:
command (be in command of)
command (exercise authoritative control or power over)
commandership (the position or office of commander)
Context examples:
That is very well, my lord, said the old captain, with some warmth; when the Jacks hear that the Speedy took fifty vessels in thirteen months, they are sure to volunteer to serve with her commander.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In the last boat which left the shore the two commanders sat together in the sheets, a strange contrast to one another, while under the feet of the rowers was a litter of huge stones which Sir Nigel had ordered to be carried to the cog.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He was not Mr Wentworth, the former curate of Monkford, however suspicious appearances may be, but a Captain Frederick Wentworth, his brother, who being made commander in consequence of the action off St Domingo, and not immediately employed, had come into Somersetshire, in the summer of 1806; and having no parent living, found a home for half a year at Monkford.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
I said, my birth was of honest parents, in an island called England; which was remote from his country, as many days’ journey as the strongest of his honour’s servants could travel in the annual course of the sun; that I was bred a surgeon, whose trade it is to cure wounds and hurts in the body, gotten by accident or violence; that my country was governed by a female man, whom we called queen; that I left it to get riches, whereby I might maintain myself and family, when I should return; that, in my last voyage, I was commander of the ship, and had about fifty Yahoos under me, many of which died at sea, and I was forced to supply them by others picked out from several nations; that our ship was twice in danger of being sunk, the first time by a great storm, and the second by striking against a rock.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
The commander in chief and his aides soon spread the tablecloth with an inviting array of eatables and drinkables, prettily decorated with green leaves.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Our family, the Stones, have for many generations belonged to the navy, and it has been a custom among us for the eldest son to take the name of his father’s favourite commander.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Therefore, Sir Walter, what I would take leave to suggest is, that if in consequence of any rumours getting abroad of your intention; which must be contemplated as a possible thing, because we know how difficult it is to keep the actions and designs of one part of the world from the notice and curiosity of the other; consequence has its tax; I, John Shepherd, might conceal any family-matters that I chose, for nobody would think it worth their while to observe me; but Sir Walter Elliot has eyes upon him which it may be very difficult to elude; and therefore, thus much I venture upon, that it will not greatly surprise me if, with all our caution, some rumour of the truth should get abroad; in the supposition of which, as I was going to observe, since applications will unquestionably follow, I should think any from our wealthy naval commanders particularly worth attending to; and beg leave to add, that two hours will bring me over at any time, to save you the trouble of replying.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
I was surprised to find corruption grown so high and so quick in that empire, by the force of luxury so lately introduced; which made me less wonder at many parallel cases in other countries, where vices of all kinds have reigned so much longer, and where the whole praise, as well as pillage, has been engrossed by the chief commander, who perhaps had the least title to either.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
As to their military affairs, they boast that the king’s army consists of a hundred and seventy-six thousand foot, and thirty-two thousand horse: if that may be called an army, which is made up of tradesmen in the several cities, and farmers in the country, whose commanders are only the nobility and gentry, without pay or reward.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
I took leave of my wife, and boy and girl, with tears on both sides, and went on board the Adventure, a merchant ship of three hundred tons, bound for Surat, captain John Nicholas, of Liverpool, commander.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
