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commander
(mass) | commander
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commander
(encz) | commander,velitel Pavel Machek; Giza |
Commander
(gcide) | Commander \Com*mand"er\, n. [Cf. F. commandeur. Cf. Commodore,
Commender.]
1. A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the
chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.
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A leader and commander to the people. --Is. lv. 4.
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2. (Navy) An officer who ranks next below a captain, --
ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.
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3. The chief officer of a commandery.
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4. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail
lofts, etc.
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Commander in chief, the military title of the officer who
has supreme command of the land or naval forces or the
united forces of a nation or state; a generalissimo. The
President is commander in chief of the army and navy of
the United States.
Syn: See Chief.
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commander
(wn) | commander
n 1: an officer in command of a military unit [syn: {commanding
officer}, commandant, commander]
2: someone in an official position of authority who can command
or control others
3: a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant
commander and below a captain
4: an officer in the airforce [syn: air force officer,
commander] |
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commander
(mass) | commander
- veliteľ |
commander
(encz) | commander,velitel Pavel Machek; Giza |
commander in chief
(encz) | commander in chief, |
commanders
(encz) | commanders,velitelé n: Zdeněk Brož |
commandership
(encz) | commandership,vrchní velitelství n: Zdeněk Brož |
commandery
(encz) | commandery,komandérství Zdeněk Brožcommandery,velitelství n: Zdeněk Brož |
lieutenant commander
(encz) | lieutenant commander,komandér-poručík n: Rostislav Svoboda |
naval commander
(encz) | naval commander, n: |
wing commander
(encz) | wing commander, n: |
joint force air component commander
(czen) | Joint Force Air Component Commander,JFACC[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Commander in chief
(gcide) | Commander \Com*mand"er\, n. [Cf. F. commandeur. Cf. Commodore,
Commender.]
1. A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the
chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.
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A leader and commander to the people. --Is. lv. 4.
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2. (Navy) An officer who ranks next below a captain, --
ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.
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3. The chief officer of a commandery.
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4. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail
lofts, etc.
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Commander in chief, the military title of the officer who
has supreme command of the land or naval forces or the
united forces of a nation or state; a generalissimo. The
President is commander in chief of the army and navy of
the United States.
Syn: See Chief.
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Commanderies
(gcide) | Commandery \Com*mand"er*y\, n.; pl. Commanderies. [F.
commanderie.]
1. The office or rank of a commander. [Obs.]
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2. A district or a manor with lands and tenements
appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an
order of knights who was called a commander; -- called
also a preceptory.
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3. An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among
the Freemasons. [U. S.]
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4. A district under the administration of a military
commander or governor. [R.] --Brougham.
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Commandership
(gcide) | Commandership \Com*mand"er*ship\, n.
The office of a commander.
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Commandery
(gcide) | Commandery \Com*mand"er*y\, n.; pl. Commanderies. [F.
commanderie.]
1. The office or rank of a commander. [Obs.]
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2. A district or a manor with lands and tenements
appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an
order of knights who was called a commander; -- called
also a preceptory.
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3. An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among
the Freemasons. [U. S.]
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4. A district under the administration of a military
commander or governor. [R.] --Brougham.
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Knights commanders
(gcide) | Knight \Knight\, n. [OE. knight, cniht, knight, soldier, AS.
cniht, cneoht, a boy, youth, attendant, military follower;
akin to D. & G. knecht servant; perh. akin to E. kin.]
1. A young servant or follower; a military attendant. [Obs.]
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2.
(a) In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback
and admitted to a certain military rank with special
ceremonies, including an oath to protect the
distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless
life.
(b) One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of
baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him
to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John. [Eng.] Hence:
(c) A champion; a partisan; a lover. "Give this ring to my
true knight." Shak "In all your quarrels will I be
your knight." --Tennyson.
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Knights, by their oaths, should right poor
ladies' harms. --Shak.
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Note: Formerly, when a knight's name was not known, it was
customary to address him as Sir Knight. The rank of a
knight is not hereditary.
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3. A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a
horse's head.
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4. A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave
or jack. [Obs.]
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Carpet knight. See under Carpet.
Knight of industry. See Chevalier d'industrie, under
Chevalier.
Knight of Malta, Knight of Rhodes, {Knight of St. John of
Jerusalem}. See Hospitaler.
Knight of the post, one who gained his living by giving
false evidence on trials, or false bail; hence, a sharper
in general. --Nares. "A knight of the post, . . . quoth
he, for so I am termed; a fellow that will swear you
anything for twelve pence." --Nash.
Knight of the shire, in England, one of the representatives
of a county in Parliament, in distinction from the
representatives of cities and boroughs.
Knights commanders, Knights grand cross, different
classes of the Order of the Bath. See under Bath, and
Companion.
Knights of labor, a secret organization whose professed
purpose is to secure and maintain the rights of workingmen
as respects their relations to their employers. [U. S.]
Knights of Pythias, a secret order, founded in Washington,
D. C., in 1864, for social and charitable purposes.
Knights of the Round Table, knights belonging to an order
which, according to the legendary accounts, was instituted
by the mythical King Arthur. They derived their common
title from the table around which they sat on certain
solemn days. --Brande & C.
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Lieutenant commander
(gcide) | Lieutenant \Lieu*ten"ant\ (l[-u]*t[e^]n"ant), n. [F., fr. lieu
place + tenant holding, p. pr. of tenir to hold, L. tenere.
See Lieu, and Tenant, and cf. Locum tenens.]
1. An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his
absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another
in the performance of any duty.
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The lawful magistrate, who is the vicegerent or
lieutenant of God. --Abp.
Bramhall.
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2.
(a) A commissioned officer in the army, next below a
captain.
(b) A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank
next below a commander.
(c) A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in
rank next below a lieutenant commander.
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Note: Lieutenant is often used, either adjectively or in
hyphened compounds, to denote an officer, in rank next
below another, especially when the duties of the higher
officer may devolve upon the lower one; as, lieutenant
general, or lieutenant-general; lieutenant colonel, or
lieutenant-colonel; lieutenant governor, etc.
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Deputy lieutenant, the title of any one of the deputies or
assistants of the lord lieutenant of a county. [Eng.]
Lieutenant colonel, an army officer next in rank above
major, and below colonel.
Lieutenant commander, an officer in the United States navy,
in rank next below a commander and next above a
lieutenant.
Lieutenant general. See in Vocabulary.
Lieutenant governor.
(a) An officer of a State, being next in rank to the
governor, and in case of the death or resignation of
the latter, himself acting as governor. [U. S.]
(b) A deputy governor acting as the chief civil officer of
one of several colonies under a governor general.
[Eng.]
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commander
(wn) | commander
n 1: an officer in command of a military unit [syn: {commanding
officer}, commandant, commander]
2: someone in an official position of authority who can command
or control others
3: a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant
commander and below a captain
4: an officer in the airforce [syn: air force officer,
commander] |
commander in chief
(wn) | commander in chief
n 1: the officer who holds the supreme command; "in the U.S. the
president is the commander in chief" [syn: {commander in
chief}, generalissimo] |
commandership
(wn) | commandership
n 1: the position or office of commander [syn: commandership,
commandery] |
commandery
(wn) | commandery
n 1: the position or office of commander [syn: commandership,
commandery] |
lieutenant commander
(wn) | lieutenant commander
n 1: a commissioned officer in the Navy ranking above a
lieutenant and below a commander |
naval commander
(wn) | naval commander
n 1: naval officer in command of a fleet of warships |
supreme allied commander atlantic
(wn) | Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
n 1: 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 [syn: {Supreme
Allied Commander Atlantic}, SACLANT] |
supreme allied commander europe
(wn) | Supreme Allied Commander Europe
n 1: commanding officer of ACE; NATO's senior military commander
in Europe [syn: Supreme Allied Commander Europe,
SACEUR] |
wing commander
(wn) | wing commander
n 1: (RAF rank) one who is next below a group captain |
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