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commandant, n.|ˌkɒmənˈdɑːnt, -æ-|
[a. Fr. commandant, in same sense, orig. pr. pple. = ‘commanding’: cf. It., Sp., and Pr. comandante, Pg. commandante.]
a. A commanding officer, a commander: irrespective of rank. Applied esp. to the military governor of a fortress, town, or district, and often as a foreign title, French, Spanish, or Portuguese. Used in the wars of 1914–18 and 1939–45 as the title of an officer holding a special command, as of a place, depot, or the like, or of a particular force.
1687Lond. Gaz. No. 2248/4 The Commandant of the said Regiment on Honslow-Heath. 1691New Disc. Old Intreague xiii, And here (if not at home) he's Commandant. 1747Gentl. Mag. XVII. 521 Sixteen different ships engaged us alternately; the Commandant..staid by us the least of any. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 742 The commandant there is subordinate to the viceroy of Peru, in all matters relating to the government, to the finances, and to war. 1806Med. Jrnl. XV. 451 The Commandant of the forces in both Canadas. 1822Byron Werner i. i. 613 Here is a packet for the commandant Of Frankfort. a1839Praed Poems (1864) II. 195 The Cardinal is here from Rome, The Commandant from Seville. 1915P. Gibbs Soul of War 342 The Base Commandant's office was the sorting-house of the Expeditionary Force. 1915Grahame-White & Harper Aircraft Gt. War 236 The commandant of the air corps. 1920G. K. Rose 2/4th Oxf. & Bucks Lt. Infty. 145 A Brigade school, with Bennett as its commandant. 1950C. MacInnes To Victors the Spoils i. 20 The Camp Commandant had..a brisk, impatient manner.
b. S. Africa. [= Afrikaans kommandant.] The leader of a Boer commando; in the South African armed forces, an officer ranking between major and colonel, the commandant-general being the commander-in-chief.
1791G. Carter Loss of Grosvenor xl. 149 Hynes thinks that Quin was a kind of commandant. 1838F. Owen Diary (1926) 125 The commandant thanked me for speaking my sentiments openly to them, rather than to the natives. Ibid. 127 The commandant of the Natal forces. 1899Westm. Gaz. 11 Nov. 8/1 Commandos, in which the burghers are under command of Field-Cornets and Commandants. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 438/2 Each district was furnished with a commandant, who had under him field-cornets and assistant field-cornets. 1914Times 20 Nov. 7/5 Commandant S. P. Du Toit..to-day captured another of Beyers's rebel officers. 1952Kommando Feb. 38/3 In 1946, the Regiment was reformed on a Peace Time Basis under the command of Commandant A.D.F. Sales.
Hence commandant-general.
1827Southey Hist. Penins. War II. 207 By electing Barrios commandant-general of the province. 1898Westm. Gaz. 4 Jan. 5/2 If Mr. Schalk Burger is returned he will resign his Commandant-Generalship. 1899Ibid. 11 Nov. 8/1 The Commandant-General..is chosen by the whole force. |