commander

commander
n
1. manager, overseer, overlooker, overman, superintendent, taskmaster; supervisor, foreman, headman, boss, Inf. bossman, Sl. the man, Sl. head honcho, Brit. gaffer; leader, director, executive, administrator, dean, chairman, chairwoman, chairlady, chairperson, speaker; chief, head, principal, Inf. kingpin, Inf. number one, Inf.Mr. Big, Sl. top dog, Sl. big cheese, Sl. top banana.
2. officer, captain, ship's captain, skipper, commandant, Inf. old man; chieftain, sachem, warlord, war chief; ruler, governor, lord, overlord, lord and master, master, suzerain, paramount

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  • commander — Commander …   Military dictionary

  • commander — [ kɔmɑ̃de ] v. <conjug. : 1> • 1080; comander « donner en dépôt » Xe; lat. pop. °commandare, de commendare « confier, recommander » I ♦ V. tr. dir. 1 ♦ COMMANDER (qqn) :exercer son autorité sur (qqn) en lui dictant sa conduite. ⇒… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • commander — COMMANDER. v. act. Ordonner, enjoindre quelque chose à quelqu un. Il lui a commandé telle chose. C est Dieu qui le commande. f♛/b] On dit proverbialement à celui qui veut commander quelque chose à des gens qui ne dépendent pas de lui, Commandez à …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • Commander — «Commander» Sencillo de Kelly Rowland con David Guetta del álbum One More Love y Here I Am Publicación 17 de mayo de 2010 Formato Descarga digital, CD Grab …   Wikipedia Español

  • commander — Commander. v. a. Ordonner, enjoindre quelque chose à quelqu un. Commander souverainement, imperieusement, avec authorité. il luy a commandé de faire telle chose. vous n avez rien à me commander. c est Dieu qui le commande. On dit prov. &… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • commander — Commander, enjoindre, bailler en commandement, qu on dit plus usitéement donner en mandement, Iubere, praecipere. Commander aussi est estre chef d une troupe. Selon ce on dit, Il commande en l armée, Imperator est. Commander aussi est recommander …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Commander — bezeichnet: Commander (Militär) einen militärischen Rang im englischsprachigen Raum, entsprechend dem Oberstleutnant oder Fregattenkapitän den Führer einer militärischen Einheit im englischsprachigen Raum, siehe Kommandant, Kommandeur oder… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Commander-1 — is a 1965 novel by Welsh author Peter Bryan George and deals with the aftermath of a nuclear war between the United States, the Soviet Union and the People s Republic of China. It was George s last published work, with the author committing… …   Wikipedia

  • Commander — Com*mand er, n. [Cf. F. commandeur. Cf. {Commodore}, {Commender}.] 1. A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it. [1913 Webster] A leader and commander to the people. Is. lv. 4. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • commander — early 14c., comandur, from O.Fr. comandeor, from comander (see COMMAND (Cf. command)). Commander in chief attested from 1650s …   Etymology dictionary

  • commander — [kə man′dər, kəmän′dər] n. [ME comaundour < OFr comandeor] 1. a person who commands; leader; specif., a) the chief officer of a unit in certain societies and fraternal orders b) COMMANDING OFFICER 2. a high ranking member of an order of… …   English World dictionary

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