commander
One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
Other meanings
A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.
One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons.
Synonyms
- commanding officer
Related words
- archcommander
- commanderess
- commandership
- commandress
- subcommander
- undercommander
- commanderless
- commanderlike
- commanderly
- arch-commander
- co-commander
- commander in chief
Word history
From Old French "comandeor".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “commander” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.