Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The commanding officer of a military organization.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A commander; especially, a commanding officer of a fortified town or garrison.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an officer in command of a military unit
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Obviously the commandant is concerned with the good of the service.
Think Progress » DOJ Cites Powell’s Past Support For DADT To Defend The Policy In Court 2010
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The French term commandant answers to an English major, and he will therefore in future be termed Major Tempe.
The Young Franc Tireurs And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War F. T. [Illustrator] Young 1867
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Gary DuMornay, the principal of Kappa 6 - who is known as the "commandant" at this military-style middle school - said that the grant money would mainly be used to improve the students' reading ability.
NYT > Home Page By HITEN SAMTANI 2012
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Gary DuMornay, the principal of Kappa 6 - who is known as the "commandant" at this military-style middle school - said that the grant money would mainly be used to improve the students' reading ability.
NYT > Home Page By HITEN SAMTANI 2012
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Within the wide area of responsibility (termed the commandant's area), the OPFOR creates specific sectors extending 100 km along a march route, with several traffic control posts deployed at the aforementioned critical locations.
FM 100-61 Chptr 3 Strategic and Operational March United States Army 1998
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Within the wide area of responsibility (termed the commandant's area), the OPFOR creates specific sectors extending 100 km along a march route, with several traffic control posts deployed at the aforementioned critical locations.
FM 100-61 Chptr 3 Strategic and Operational March United States Army 1998
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He was twenty-one then, already known as commandant material with a great career ahead of him, marriage ahead, a year or so ahead …
Noble House Clavell, James 1981
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He was twenty-one then, already known as commandant material with a great career ahead of him, marriage ahead, a year or so ahead ...
Noble House Clavell, James 1981
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The commandant was a man of medium size, fairly handsome in person and features, and apparently about twenty-eight years of age.
The Brigade Commander J. W. Deforest
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The commandant was a tall, doddery, antediluvian Prussian colonel, with long grey moustaches, the very image of the Monkey Brand advertisement, only perhaps not quite so good looking.
'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany Gerald Featherstone Knight
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