Dictionary

commander en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/kəˈmæːndə/ (Australia)
/kəˈmaːndə/ (Wales)
/kəˈmandəɾ/ (Scotland)
(US) audio
/kəˈmɐːndə/ (Australia, New-Zealand, South)
/kəˈmandə/ (Wales)
/kəˈmɑːndə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/kəˈmændɚ/ (General-American)
/kəˈmandə/ (Northern-England)

Etymology

From Middle English comaundour, commaunder, comaunder, borrowed from Old French comandeor, cumandeur, from comander. By surface analysis, command + -er. See command.

Meanings

One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
- Instead, Korda squeezes Eisenhower’s extraordinary two-term presidency — not to mention his stints as president of Columbia University and commander of NATO forces — into 140 themeless pages. 2007 September 30, Douglas Brinkley, “Overlord’s Overlord”, in The New York Times:
- I think if post commanders of the unchaplained posts could employ acceptable clergymen […] then the needs might be met. 1883, United States. War Department, Annual Reports of the War Department, volume 1, page 128:
A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.
- Shepard: I don't take orders from you anymore, remember? Anderson: Consider yourself reinstated... Commander. 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Earth:
One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons.
A designation or rank in certain non-military organizations such as NASA and various police forces.
(obsolete) The chief officer of a commandry.
A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
A rank within an honorary order: e.g. Commander of the Legion of Honour.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Moduza.
(Singapore) A soldier who has attained the rank of sergeant or higher

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
commanders	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

commanderess · tactical air commander · commandership · subcommander · commander-in-chief · commanderly · arch-commander · commanderlike · commanderless · co-commander · wing commander · archcommander · commander in chief · undercommander · commandress

commandery

Translations (201)

ms komander (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · nn kommandant (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · grc κοίρανος (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · bg капита́н тре́ти ранг (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · nb kommandør (commander in an honorary order) · ar قُمَنْدَان (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ar قَائِد (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · az komandan (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · pt comandante (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · pl dowódca (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · id panglima (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ru комма́ндер (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ca comandant (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · sw kamanda (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ru команди́р (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · uk полково́дець (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · my တပ်မှူး (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · az komandir (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · fi johtaja (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · et ülem (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · sa अधिप (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · sh заповјѐднӣк (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ur سالار (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · mn ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · scn cumannanti (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ro comandor (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · nl fregatkapitein (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · sv befälhavare (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · tg фармондеҳ (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · cs komandér (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · sl komandant (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · et ülem (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ru полково́дец (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · hi कमांडर (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · mk команди́р (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · be камандзі́р (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · scn capurali (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · el διοικητής (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · fa-ira اَمیر (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · th ผู้บัญชาการ (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · cs fregatní kapitán (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · nl aanvoerder (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · uk кома́ндер (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · ka მეთაური (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ga ceannasaí (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · nl commandant (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · fr commandant (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · kk командир (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · bn কমান্ডার (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · pt capitão de fragata (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · scn cumanneri (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · nl commandeur (commander in an honorary order) · hi सेनापति (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · hi सेनानायक (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · sh komàndant (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · mn ᠵᠠᠩᠵᠤᠨ (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ug قوماندان (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · be палкаво́дзец (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · hi सिपहसालार (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ru капита́н тре́тьего ра́нга (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · el αντιπλοίαρχος (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · mn жанжин (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · hi सरदार (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · bg нача́лник (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · de Kommandör (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · sk veliteľ (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · nn kommandør (commander in an honorary order) · nb befalingsmand (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · mn дарга (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · mk команда́нт (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · mr कमांडर (commander in an honorary order) · be кама́ндэр (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · uk кома́ндувач (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ky сардар (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · fr commandante (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · sl poveljnik (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · nl kapitein-luitenant ter zee (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · lv komandieris (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · de Befehlshaber (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · cmn 司令官 (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · is yfirmaður (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ky командир (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · txb tāś (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · pt comandante (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · sh кома̀ндант (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · cs velitel (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · vi tư lệnh (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ru команди́р (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · mr कमांडर (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · cmn 指揮官 /指挥官 (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ky саркер (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · he מְפַקֵּד (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · gv anneyder (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · uk команди́р (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ota قوماندان (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ur اَمِیر (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · el αρχηγός (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · da kommandør (commander in an honorary order) · es comandante (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · bg команди́р (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · mn командлагч (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · sv kommendant (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · es comandante (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · hu parancsnok (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · vi người chỉ huy (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · uz qoʻmondon (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ko 사령 (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · mi toihau (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · nl gezagvoerderm (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · sh zapovèdnīk (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · izh komandira (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · scn cumannanti (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · ru военача́льник (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · sh заповѐднӣк (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · acx عقيد (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · mk нара́чател (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · id komandan (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ja 指揮官 (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ja 司令官 (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · it comandante (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · bn সেনাপতি (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · enm capitain (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · izh komandira (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · hi सलार (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · mn ᠻᠣᠮᠠᠨᠳ᠋ᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ko 사령관 (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · lo ຜູ້ບັນຊາການ (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · enm comaundour (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · lt vadas (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · tk komandir (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · da befalingsmand (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ar آمِر (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · scn capitanu (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · ru нача́льник (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · hi सालार (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · de Kommandeur (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · la imperātor (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · nl bevelhebber (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · la praepositus (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · uz II rang kapitani (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · ja 司令 (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · be кама́ндэр (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · mi kaiwhakahau (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · mk запо́ведник (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ru комма́ндер (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · mi toihau (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · sl komandant (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · sq komandant (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · km មេបញ្ជាការ (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · fr commandeur (commander in an honorary order) · fa-ira فَرْمانْدِهْ (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · hi कमान अफसर (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ko 지휘관 (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · uk воєнача́льник (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · fi komentaja (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · sh komàndant (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · fi komentaja (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · scn cumanneri (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · gd ceannard (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · fi päällikkö (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · fi komentajakapteeni (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · da kaptajnløjtnant (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · sh кома̀ндант (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · sh zapovjèdnīk (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · kk кәмәндір (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ar مُقَدَّم (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · uk кома́ндер (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · cs velitel (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · fr capitaine de frégate (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · ka ზორვარი (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · mn дарга (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ur کَمانْڈَر (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · be ваенача́льнік (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ur فَرْمان دِہْ (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · scn capu (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · id mayor (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · cmn 司令 (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · mr कमांडर (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · th นาวาโท (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · nv hashkééjí naatʼááh (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ga ceannasaí (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · be каманды́р (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · he מְפַקֶּדֶת (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · uz komandir (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · yi קאָמאַנדיר (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · tr kumandan (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · la ductor (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · af kommandeur (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · nb kommandant (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · tr komutan (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · ug كوماندىر (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · gd ceannard (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · nb kommandør (a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain) · pa ਕੁਮੇਦਾਨ (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · id komandan (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons) · da kommandant (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · hi सालारजंग (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · enm governour (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · tg амир (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · de Kommandant (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) · hy հրամանատար (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization)