Definition of Commanders

1. Noun. (plural of commander) ¹

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Definition of Commanders

1. commander [n] - See also: commander

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commanders

commandants
commandatory
commanded
commandedness
commandeer
commandeered
commandeering
commandeers
commander
commander-in-chief
commander in chief
commanderess
commanderesses
commanderies
commanderless
commanders (current term)
commanders in chief
commandership
commanderships
commandery
commandest
commandeth
commanding
commanding officer
commandingly
commandingness
commandment
commandments
commando
commando operation

Literary usage of Commanders

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"Brigade, regimental, and company commanders will pass frequently from front to rear of their respective commands, to see that the column is at all times ..."

2. The Armed Neutralities of 1780 and 1800: A Collection of Official Documents by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Division of International Law, James Brown Scott (1918)
"Whereas, notwithstanding our former strict instructions to the several commanders aforesaid, that nothing be in any ways attempted against the ships, ..."

3. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides (1855)
"But being forced to retreat upon the approach of the Athenian fleet, they begged a parley with the commanders, from a view, if it were possible upon easy ..."

4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1886)
"The attempt of the English army to relieve Stirling Castle led, in 1314, to the battle of Bannockburn, at which Edward Bruce was one of the chief commanders ..."

5. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"We, His Britannic Majesty's commanders-in-chief by land and by sea in these colonies, ... To their Excellencies the commanders- in-Chief of His Britannic ..."

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