Hypertext Webster Gateway: "commander"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
A leader and commander to the people. --Is. lv. 4.
2. (Navy) An officer who ranks next below a captain, --
ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.
3. The chief officer of a commandery.
4. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail
lofts, etc.
{Commander in chief}, the military title of the officer who
has supreme command of the land or naval forces or the
united forces of a nation or state; a generalissimo. The
President is commander in chief of the army and navy of
the United States.
Syn: See {Chief}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
commander
n 1: an officer in command of a military unit [syn: {commanding
officer}, {commandant}]
2: someone in an official position of authority who can command
or control others
3: a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant
commander and below a captain
4: an officer in the airforce [syn: {air force officer}]
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