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   Com·mand·er

   /kəˈmandər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person in authority, especially over a body of troops or a military operation: "the commander of a paratroop regiment"
   • ▪ a naval officer of high rank, in particular (in the US Navy or Coast Guard) an officer ranking above lieutenant commander and below captain.
   • ▪ (in certain metropolitan police departments) the officer in charge of a division, district, precinct, or squad.
   • 2. a member of a higher class in some orders of knighthood.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French comandeor, from late Latin commandare (see command).

   Derivatives

   • 1. commandership noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

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