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
Recent Examples on the Web
The target was Mohammad Reza Zahedi, the commander for Syria and Lebanon of Iran’s elite Quds Force, a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
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Richard Pérez-Peña, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
In an editorial for The Wall Street Journal, a former commander of U.S. Central Command argued that Iran’s aerial assault was a display of weakness.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
Sharon Russell, deputy incident commander for the Key Bridge Unified Command, said workers are moving quickly but carefully, balancing the economic imperative of reopening one of the nation’s largest ports and the safety of salvage workers.
—Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
Hero, the enslaved man at the center of the trilogy, eventually adopts the moniker Ulysses, which is both the Roman version of the name Odysseus and the name of Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union Army.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2024
Last year, there were 37 launches in all, said Space Force Col. Bryan Titus, operations vice commander at the base.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
The airstrike destroyed the consulate building in the capital Damascus, killing at least seven officials including Mohammed Reza Zahedi, a top commander in Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), and senior commander Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi, Iran’s foreign ministry said at the time.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
During the grunge-era nineties, when the Wa were synthesizing tons of pristine heroin for export to America, this source was a high-level UWSA commander.
—Patrick Winn, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2024
Israeli officials have called the strike a case of mistaken identity, announcing Friday the removal of the commanders involved and plans to examine their targeting processes to avoid future mistakes.
—Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
Richard Pérez-Peña, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
In an editorial for The Wall Street Journal, a former commander of U.S. Central Command argued that Iran’s aerial assault was a display of weakness.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
Sharon Russell, deputy incident commander for the Key Bridge Unified Command, said workers are moving quickly but carefully, balancing the economic imperative of reopening one of the nation’s largest ports and the safety of salvage workers.
—Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
Hero, the enslaved man at the center of the trilogy, eventually adopts the moniker Ulysses, which is both the Roman version of the name Odysseus and the name of Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union Army.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2024
Last year, there were 37 launches in all, said Space Force Col. Bryan Titus, operations vice commander at the base.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
The airstrike destroyed the consulate building in the capital Damascus, killing at least seven officials including Mohammed Reza Zahedi, a top commander in Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), and senior commander Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi, Iran’s foreign ministry said at the time.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
During the grunge-era nineties, when the Wa were synthesizing tons of pristine heroin for export to America, this source was a high-level UWSA commander.
—Patrick Winn, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2024
Israeli officials have called the strike a case of mistaken identity, announcing Friday the removal of the commanders involved and plans to examine their targeting processes to avoid future mistakes.
—Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 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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