Definitions for Commander
kəˈmæn dər, -ˈmɑn-com·man·der

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. commanding officer, commandant, commandernoun

   an officer in command of a military unit

2. commandernoun

   someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others

3. commandernoun

   a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain

4. air force officer, commandernoun

   an officer in the airforce

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. commandernoun

   One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.

2. commandernoun

   A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.

3. commandernoun

   One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons.

4. commandernoun

   A designation or rank in certain non-military organizations such as NASA and various police forces.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Commandernoun

   Etymology: from command.

   1. He that has the supreme authority; a general; a leader; a chief.

   We’ll do thee homage, and be rul’d by thee,
   Love thee as our commander and our king. William Shakespeare.

   I have given him for a leader and commander to the people. Is. lv. 4.

   The Romans, when commanders in war, spake to their army, and styled them, My soldiers. Francis Bacon, Apophthegms.

   Charles, Henry, and Francis of France, often adventured rather as soldiers than as commanders. John Hayward.

   Sir Phelim O’neil appeared as their commander in chief. Clar.

   Supreme commander both of sea and land. Edmund Waller.

   The heroick action of some great commander, enterprised for the common good, and honour of the Christian cause. John Dryden, Juvenal, Dedication.

   Their great commanders, by credit in their armies, fell into the scales as a counterpoise to the people. Jonathan Swift.

   2.A paving beetle, or a very great wooden mallet, with an handle about three foot long, to use in both hands. Joseph Moxon3. An instrument of surgery.

   The glossocomium, commonly called the commander, is of use in the most strong tough bodies, and where the laxation hath been of long continuance. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Commander

   Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries this naval rank is termed frigate captain. Commander is also a generic term for an officer commanding any armed forces unit, for example "platoon commander", "brigade commander" and "squadron commander". In the police, terms such as "borough commander" and "incident commander" are used.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Commandernoun

   a chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it

2. Commandernoun

   an officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army

3. Commandernoun

   the chief officer of a commandery

4. Commandernoun

   a heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc

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1. Commander

   Commander is a naval rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. Commander is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the armed forces, particularly in police and law enforcement.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. commander

   See concept of operations.

2. commander

   An information requirement identified by the commander as being critical to facilitating timely decision-making. The two key elements are friendly force information requirements and priority intelligence requirements. Also called CCIR. See also information; information requirements; intelligence; priority intelligence requirement.

3. commander

   In the context of the Joint Operation Planning and Execution System level 1 planning detail for contingency planning, a developed course of action. The product for this level can be a course of action briefing, command directive, commander

4. commander

   A process of reasoning by which a commander considers all the circumstances affecting the military situation and arrives at a decision as to a course of action to be taken to accomplish the mission. A commander

5. commander

   A concise expression of the purpose of the operation and the desired end state. It may also include the commander

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. commander

   An officer in the royal navy, commanding a ship of war of under twenty guns, a sloop of war, armed ship, or bomb-vessel. He was entitled master and commander, and ranked with a major of the army: now simply termed commander, and ranking with lieutenant-colonel, but junior of that rank. The act of the commander is binding upon the interests of all under him, and he is alone responsible for costs and damages: he may act erroneously, and abandon what might have turned out good prize to himself and crew.--Commander is also the name of a large wooden mallet used specially in the sail and rigging lofts, as anything of metal would injure the ropes or canvas.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COMMANDER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Commander is ranked #18703 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Commander surname appeared 1,469 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Commander.
   
   59.5% or 874 total occurrences were White.
   34.7% or 511 total occurrences were Black.
   2.5% or 38 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.3% or 20 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1% or 15 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.7% or 11 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Commissioned Naval Officer
   • Leader
   • Military

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Commander' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4545

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Commander' in Nouns Frequency: #1609

Anagrams for Commander »

1. recommand

How to pronounce Commander?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Commander in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Commander in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Commander in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Commander in a Sentence

1. Jeb Bush:

   I think his Christianity is between him and his creator. I don't think we need to discuss that, as related to his policy relating to ISIS, he's not the right guy to be Commander-in-Chief.

2. Francisco Arias:

   Two hundred ninety-five years of history have been lost to ashes because opponents want to turn the country into ashes. They do not mind destroying it, those who trampled on the statue of Commander Chavez do not see that their parents receive the pension and are benefited by social missions.

3. Lindsey Graham:

   But what we'll see over time, as the electorate starts thinking about 'Who do we want to be the next commander-in-chief?' i don't know what Dr. Carson's done over the last 10 years other than surgery, which is amazing, it's something I couldn't do. But over the last decade I've been going to Iraq and Afghanistan, for over 35 times, learning from my mistakes, Bush's mistakes, Obama's mistakes.

4. Donald Trump:

   I thank each of them for their service and their confidence in me to serve as commander in chief, keeping our nation safe and leading our armed forces is the most important responsibility of the presidency.

5. Mac Thornberry:

   What the President and the DNI have said is that the President was not briefed, which to me is a very concerning statement, i don't know the credibility of the information because I have not been briefed, but anything with any hint of credibility that would endanger our service members, much less put a bounty on their lives, to me should have been briefed immediately to the commander-in-chief and a plan to deal with that situation.

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