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wing commander


wing commander

noun

Definition of WING COMMANDER

: a commissioned officer in the British air force who ranks with a lieutenant colonel in the army
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First Known Use of WING COMMANDER

1914

Rhymes with WING COMMANDER

Africander, alexander, calamander, coriander, gerrymander, oleander, single-hander

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