commanding officer
noun
: an officer in command
especially
: an officer in the armed forces in command of an organization or installation
Examples of commanding officer in a Sentence
He reported the incident to his commanding officer.
reported directly to the fort's commanding officer
Recent Examples on the Web
Relative to its orbit around the sun, the planet spins perfectly upright, like a soldier at attention facing a commanding officer.
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Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
Kirby Howell-Baptiste, who now goes by Kirby, is the actress behind Ruby, who functions as something between Sugar’s commanding officer and girl Friday.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2024
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Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
Kirby Howell-Baptiste, who now goes by Kirby, is the actress behind Ruby, who functions as something between Sugar’s commanding officer and girl Friday.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for commanding officer
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“Commanding officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commanding%20officer. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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