- commanding officer, commandant, commander - an officer in command of a military unit
--1 is a kind of military officer, officer
--1 has particulars:Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic, SACLANT; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, SACEUR; commander in chief, generalissimo; wing commander Derived forms: verb command5, verb command1 - commander - someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others
--2 is a kind of leader
Derived forms: verb command5, verb command1 - commander - a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
--3 is a kind of commissioned naval officer
Derived forms: verb command5, verb command1 - air force officer, commander - an officer in the airforce
--4 is a kind of serviceman, military man, man, military personnel
Derived forms: verb command5, verb command1