commander
noun
com·mand·er
kə-ˈman-dər 
1
: one in an official position of command or control: such as
b
: the presiding officer of a society or organization
2
: a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard ranking above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
Examples of commander in a Sentence
a surrender of the fort by the commander without a single shot having been fired
the intrepid commander of the HMS Surprise
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
Chad Mikush, incident commander for the Channelview Fire Department, addressed public concerns regarding the incident and assured residents that all of the appropriate public safety measures had been taken.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
Ukrainian drone commander Yurii Fedorenko noted that due to Russia’s vastly greater manpower and resources, Rubikon had the ability to rapidly scale up its drone units while Ukraine could not.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2025
The fighting resulted in roughly 1,100 deaths in Iran, including senior military commanders and nuclear scientists, while Iranian missile attacks killed 28 people in the Jewish State.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 28 Dec. 2025
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“Commander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commander. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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commander
noun
com·mand·er
kə-ˈman-dər
1
: one in official command especially of a military force or base
2
: a naval commissioned officer with a rank just below that of captain
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