commander
noun
com·mand·er
kə-ˈman-dər 
1
: one in an official position of command or control: such as
b
: the presiding officer of a society or organization
2
: a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard ranking above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
Examples of commander in a Sentence
a surrender of the fort by the commander without a single shot having been fired
the intrepid commander of the HMS Surprise
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Starliner took off this morning from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, at 10:53 a.m., EDT, carrying Wilmore, the commander, and Williams, the pilot, aloft for an eight-day visit to the ISS.
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 June 2024
There is much anger directed at Israel at the funeral, in which the commander, killed in an Israeli strike, is portrayed as a triumphant hero.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2024
She was promoted to commander, the department’s second in command, in January 2022.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 June 2024
Dealey, the sub’s commander, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor and a Silver Star.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2024
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 June 2024
There is much anger directed at Israel at the funeral, in which the commander, killed in an Israeli strike, is portrayed as a triumphant hero.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2024
She was promoted to commander, the department’s second in command, in January 2022.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 June 2024
Dealey, the sub’s commander, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor and a Silver Star.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2024
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commander
noun
com·mand·er
kə-ˈman-dər
1
: one in official command especially of a military force or base
2
: a naval commissioned officer with a rank just below that of captain
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