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IPA transcription: [kə'mændɚz]
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Noun
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an officer in command of a military unit
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someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others
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a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
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an officer in the airforce
Usage examples
- He served a single term, as usual for Commanders.
- The trial resulted in the execution of six of Athens's top naval commanders.
- Commanders could then see information from everywhere, not just their own ship's sensors.
- Corps then set boundaries and let divisional commanders have discretion within them.
- As a result, shields were issued to Squadron Commanders and were squadron property.
- His death was blamed on insufficient assistance by his subcommanders.
- The order was also bestowed to top commanders of the Allied forces.
- Commanders were Tamara Kazarinova and Aleksandr Gridnev.
- Brigade commanders Denis Pack, James Douglas, and Thomas Brisbane were wounded.
- Military commanders deployed the streltsy in static formations, often against set formations or fortifications.