Definition of Commander

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Commander

A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.

An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.

The chief officer of a commandery.

A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.

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Commander Quotations

Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations.
Sun Tzu

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
Colin Powell

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.
John McCain

But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.
Erwin Rommel

As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it.
William Westmoreland

On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
Sally Ride

Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.
Bernard Law Montgomery

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.
Henry B. Adams

I think as a rifle platoon and company commander your view is about 1,000 meters in front of you and you hope you can cover that ground and not have to back up and give it up again.
Oliver North

Commander Translations

commander in Afrikaans is kommandant
commander in Dutch is aanvoerder, commandant
commander in German is Befehlshaber
commander in Hungarian is parancsnok
commander in Latin is dux ducis
commander in Portuguese is comandante

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