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Definition of Commandant
1. Noun. An officer in command of a military unit.
Specialized synonyms: Saclant, Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic, Saceur, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Commander In Chief, Generalissimo, Wing Commander
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Generic synonyms: Military Officer, Officer
Derivative terms: Command, Command, Command, Command, Commandership
Definition of Commandant
1. n. A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard.
Definition of Commandant
1. Noun. A commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Commandant
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commandant
Literary usage of Commandant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of American Biography by Jared Sparks (1851)
"Lodgings were provided for him by order of the commandant, with whom he had ...
Imagine his dismay, when the commandant assured him that the season was ..."
2. The Spanish Regime in Missouri: A Collection of Papers and Documents by Etienne Burnet, Ernest Edward Austen, Louis Houck (1909)
"... commandant OF SAN ANDRES General Archives of the Indies, Seville. ... him —
as in fact I do appoint him — as first commandant of that settlement. ..."
3. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1872)
"The commandant seemed, in act, rather amused, and smiled scornfully vhen Dumas
... But when he readied the commandant's office he found that the party had ..."
4. The Letters and Papers of Cadwallader Colden by New-York Historical Society, Cadwallader Colden (1877)
"The Captains Warrant you must first offer to Capt" James Clinton as he is the
fittest person I can think of to be appointed Capt" commandant of the whole. ..."
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