commander : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: commander	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for commander
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
commander n an officer in command of a military unit [syn: {commanding officer}, commandant, commander] someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain an officer in the airforce Synonym(s): air force officer, commander
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commander \Command"er\, n. [Cf. F. commandeur. Cf. {Commodore}, {Commender}.] 1. A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it. A leader and commander* to the people. --Is. lv. 4. 2. (Navy) An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army. 3. The chief officer of a commandery. 4. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc. {Commander in chief}, the military title of the officer who has supreme command of the land or naval forces or the united forces of a nation or state; a generalissimo. The President is commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States. Syn: See {Chief}.