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COMMANDANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does commandant mean? 

COMMANDANT (noun)
  The noun COMMANDANT has 1 sense:

1. an officer in command of a military unitplay

  Familiarity information: COMMANDANT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMMANDANT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An officer in command of a military unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

commandant; commander; commanding officer

Hypernyms ("commandant" is a kind of...):

military officer; officer (any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commandant"):

SACLANT; Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (commanding officer of ACLANT; a general of the United States Army nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the North Atlantic Council)

SACEUR; Supreme Allied Commander Europe (commanding officer of ACE; NATO's senior military commander in Europe)

commander-in-chief; commander in chief; generalissimo (the officer who holds the supreme command)

wing commander ((RAF rank) one who is next below a group captain)

Derivation:

command (be in command of)

command (exercise authoritative control or power over)


 Context examples 


The end of the reconstruction of the new station is slated for March 2018, the commandant reported.

(Brazil ship off to Antarctica for research support, Agência Brasil)



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