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commander

/kuh-man-der, -mahn-/US // kəˈmæn dər, -ˈmɑn- //UK // (kəˈmɑːndə) //

司令员,指挥官,司令官,指挥员

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who commands.
    • : a person who exercises authority; chief officer; leader.
    • : the commissioned officer in command of a military unit.
    • : U.S. Navy. an officer ranking below a captain and above a lieutenant commander.
    • : a police officer in charge of a precinct or other unit.
    • : the chief officer of a commandery in the medieval orders of Knights Hospitalers, Knights Templars, and others.
    • : a member of one of the higher classes or ranks in certain modern fraternal orders, as in the Knights Templars.

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Examples

  • The most important duty of a president of the United States is in the role of commander-in-chief.

  • He was commander in chief of the Long Beach Police Department prior to his role in Oceanside.

  • It must strike at the heart of every member of the military after hearing his comments to know they have to salute the pig who is their commander in chief.

  • They have not posed as commanders dispatching brave conscripts off to the front, but rather as mothers and daughters sharing the fears and privations of their fellow citizens.

  • I was sitting in front of soldiers, and their commanders were not informing people that people will be beaten soon … they said just please leave this square clean.

  • Qasem Suleimani was appointed as commander of the force in 1997.

  • “He was a brave field commander and an expert in intelligence, and in organizing popular and tribal forces,” said the eulogist.

  • Zaim Ali, a Peshmerga commander, said: “We have established a military plan to clear ISIS from all of areas.”

  • This is not lost on their commander, Rama (Shani Klein), an aspiring military careerist who looks down on frivolity in wartime.

  • Francis fired the uncompromising commander of his Swiss Guard.

  • More soldiers crowded into the cave and Professor-Commander Krafft came in behind them.

  • By the end of the campaign of 1796 he had proved that he was as great a chief of the staff as Bonaparte was a great commander.

  • The commander of this fleet was an Englishman, according to the agreement between them.

  • The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.

  • So far Murat had always held subordinate commands; his great ambition was to become the commander-in-chief of an independent army.