as in commander
one in official command especially of a military force or base
the commandant of a naval district
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Recent Examples of commandant
The Trump administration has fired two other female admirals: the commandant of the Coast Guard, Linda Fagan, and the chief of naval operations, Lisa Franchetti.
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Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
The photo album belonged to Karl Höcker, a former bank clerk who came to Auschwitz to be commandant Richard Baer’s right-hand man.
—Karen D'souza, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
Soon afterward, some online noted that the band’s X account had been deactivated and assumed — incorrectly — it was tied to Casey’s criticism of President Trump and his co-president, X commandant Elon Musk.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
If signed into law, the bill would give the Coast Guard commandant greater authority over when the reservists can be called into duty.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
The photo album belonged to Karl Höcker, a former bank clerk who came to Auschwitz to be commandant Richard Baer’s right-hand man.
—Karen D'souza, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
Soon afterward, some online noted that the band’s X account had been deactivated and assumed — incorrectly — it was tied to Casey’s criticism of President Trump and his co-president, X commandant Elon Musk.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
If signed into law, the bill would give the Coast Guard commandant greater authority over when the reservists can be called into duty.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commandant
commander
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Israel launched the air war on June 13, attacking Iranian nuclear facilities and killing top military commanders as well as civilians in the worst blow to the Islamic Republic since the 1980s war with Iraq.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
29 June 2025
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Since then, the Mars satellites have acted as a super-speed web of cosmic messengers, passing data, imagery, software changes and commands between the Martian robotic scouts and their commanders across NASA.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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“Commandant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commandant. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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