1. commander - Noun
2. Commander - Proper noun
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAbout halfway into the trip Walker’s jeep stopped briefly at the 24th Division command post to confer with Maj. Gen. Bill Kean, the division commander, and the assistant division commander Brig. Gen. Garrison H. Davidson. Source: Internet
According to a previous report in January, Iranians (men, women, and children) carried images of the slain commander. Source: Internet
According to Brammertz, his office continues to pursue Protais Mpiranya, the former commander of the Presidential Guard of the Rwandan Armed Forces, and five other Rwandan suspects. Source: Internet
Accessed 7 August 2006 Other commentary National Guard commander Jules Bergeret escaped Paris during the Bloody Week and went into exile in New York, where he died in 1905. Source: Internet
A cavalry and military commander in the war, Forrest is one of the war's most unusual figures. Source: Internet
A deputy tank commander some 200 yards away, Lieutenant Grabowski, saw 2 Phalangistists beating two young men, who were then taken back into the camp, after which shots rang out, and the soldiers left. Source: Internet