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COMMANDANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An officer in command of a military unit
Synonyms:
commandant; commander; commanding officer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("commandant" is a kind of...):
military officer; officer (any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commandant"):
SACLANT; Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (commanding officer of ACLANT; a general of the United States Army nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the North Atlantic Council)
SACEUR; Supreme Allied Commander Europe (commanding officer of ACE; NATO's senior military commander in Europe)
commander-in-chief; commander in chief; generalissimo (the officer who holds the supreme command)
wing commander ((RAF rank) one who is next below a group captain)
Derivation:
command (be in command of)
command (exercise authoritative control or power over)
