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commander

(= commanding officer) an officer in command of a military unit someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain (= air force officer) an officer in the airforce

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Simple sentences

Tom became the commander.
The commander exposed his men to gunfire.
He is commander of our troops.
The British commander ordered his men to rest for the night.
On July 20, 1969 Commander Armstrong and fellow astronaut Edwin Aldrin successfully touched down on the lunar surface.
The commander is not to be trifled with.
The commander refused to negotiate.
They had some doubts about their commander.

Movie subtitles

Deputy-commander?
C.C. has made contact with the supreme commander!
Most respected Commander, the medal I get today will be my pride and joy.
Don't shout, the Commander.
But Commander Ctvrtecka had better be careful.
Number one, Commander, the Billing's entry, was scratched at the last moment.
And I am Commander, by law!
It would be a shame not to have a war with such a great commander and army.
However, if you wish to enshrine this joyful day let the whole world know about our leader and great commander, about our glorious hero who went among the lepers to fight the horror and the disease.
I accuse the commander of the Paris garrison of the most monstrous partiality.
But the most deplorable spectacle of all to me, as commander of the garrison of Paris is that of an officer still wearing the French uniform who slanders his superiors and his comrades.
The general staff spoke as it pleased the commander of Paris influenced the jury but the defense can say nothing.
Mr Commander. of the garrison Toureou.
Go to Toureou as soon as you can Give this to Captain Boyle, the commander of the garrison.
Deputy-commander? Hm?
I'm the lieutenant commander!
I'm the commander of this division, Takeru Igarashi.
The commander.
Oh, hello, commander.
Oh, commander gordon, aren't you coming down?
No, no, commander, don't be silly.
Don't you think the world would be a better place, commander, if we all did that sort of thing a little more often?
What a perfect gentle knight you are, commander.
But poor commander gordon will be left right into the background.
We of the nobility are willing to back our noble commander Prince Charles. to the last man!
You'll report to the commander in chief on arrival to Balaklava.
Now, I want you to deliver this order personally to the commander of the Light Brigade.
Osman Pasha, the commander of the Turkish army at Plevna.
Divisional artillery commander.
Where is your company commander?
Commander Schultz!
He's arrested Commander Schultz.
A Jew corrupted our commander. - Let's kill the louse!
Commander Schultz escaped.
Commander Schultz, I apologise for my friend. Let me say, on behalf of myself and the others, that we consider it a great privilege to die for our country.
Where's the Commander?
If Commander Schultz is found in this house, we'll all go to a concentration camp and have our heads cut off, too!
Tell the Commander.
May you report to the new flight commander's office?
The convoy commander presents his compliments and asks that you attend the conference.
Gentlemen, I wish to introduce the convoy commander, who will preside at this conference.

News and current affairs

Emperor Tewodros committed suicide, the British withdrew, and their commander, Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Napier, was made Baron Napier of Magdala.
Their commander in the film, Colonel Mathieu (based on General Jacques Massu), explained the logic of the situation from the French point of view.
The new American operational commander in Iraq, Lt. General Raymond Odierno, says that the new efforts will be more evenhanded among Sunni and Shiite neighborhoods, and American troops will stay alongside Iraqi troops in areas that have been cleared.
For example, Qassem Suleimani, the commander of the Quds Force, a branch of the IRGC, endorsed Qalibaf, who he hoped would receive Khamenei's full support.
WASHINGTON, DC - Had Ariel Sharon never entered politics, he would still be known around the world as a military commander and tactician.
The president is the head of state and commander-in-chief; officiates over the Supreme Judiciary Council, the Supreme Police Council, and the Cabinet of Ministers; and can appoint and recall one or more vice-presidents at his sole discretion.
In the fall of 2001, for example, Georgian security officials provided transportation for the Chechen field commander Ruslan Gelaev from the Pankisi Gorge to Abkhazia.
Abbas remains the Palestinian president, and the Basic Law makes him commander of all Palestinian security forces.
Last November, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the commander of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), confirmed that AQIM seized the opportunity to secure some of this arsenal when the revolution started.
Looking at the three senators running for president, John McCain has military experience, but as an aviator rather than a commander.
Al Watan (The Homeland) is led by former LIFG and Tripoli Military Council commander Abd al-Hakim Belhaj.
The other, Al Umma al-Wasat (The Central Nation), is led by Sami al-Saadi, the group's former chief ideologist, and Abd al-Wahad Qaid, an LIFG military commander and the brother of the deceased Al Qaeda commander Hasan Qaid (Abu Yahya al-Libi).
And, while he was technically the commander-in-chief of the Palestinian forces, these forces lacked the will to stand up to Hamas's growing power.
Among his responsibilities, Khamenei serves as commander-in-chief of the military, controls the intelligence services, and appoints directors of the national media.
When he did lose, he demanded a recount, not as a candidate, but in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief.
As a result of these and other changes, including the removal of key officials, such as Deputy Commander Badr Bin Abdul Aziz, the Guard's power is now equal, if not superior, to that of the army.
Unfortunately, Israel today has a prime minister with the mentality of a platoon commander who nonetheless likes to cast himself as a latter day Churchill fighting the forces of evil bent on destroying the Third Jewish Temple.
A Canadian military commander, asked what he would do if foreign soldiers attacked his country's Far North, calmly replied that he would dispatch an expedition to rescue them.
After Islamist fighters killed the commander-in-chief of the rebel forces, Abdul Fattah Younes, in July 2011, the military was sidelined.
Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, then went to Islamabad, where he met the commander of the Pakistani army for several hours.
Even in Morocco, a king with absolute power as Commander of the Faithful has been forced by intense public outrage to move toward a system more inclusive of political Islam.
General Dallaire, the UN commander in Rwanda who appealed for authority to confront the genocidaires, would also now likely be known as a trigger-happy alarmist.

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