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commander - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'commander' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Commander [ n.]
- A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.
- An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.
- The chief officer of a commandery.
- A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.