commandant

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com·man·dant

C0505900 (kŏm′ən-dănt′, -dänt′)n. Abbr. Comdt. The commanding officer of a military organization.

[French, from present participle of commander, to command, from Old French comander; see command.]

commandant

(ˈkɒmənˌdænt; -ˌdɑːnt) nan officer commanding a place, group, or establishment

com•man•dant

(ˌkɒm ənˈdænt, -ˈdɑnt, ˈkɒm ənˌdænt, -ˌdɑnt)

n. a commanding officer, esp. of a military unit or school. [1680–90; < French, n. use of present participle of commander to command]

Thesaurus

Noun

commandant - an officer in command of a military unitcommander, commanding officerSACLANT, Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic - commanding officer of ACLANT; a general of the United States Army nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the North Atlantic CouncilSACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander Europe - commanding officer of ACE; NATO's senior military commander in Europearmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"commander in chief, generalissimo - the officer who holds the supreme command; "in the U.S. the president is the commander in chief"military officer, officer - any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command; "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men"wing commander - (RAF rank) one who is next below a group captain

Translations

司令官

command

(kəˈmaːnd) verb1. to order. I command you to leave the room immediately!命令2. to have authority over. He commanded a regiment of soldiers. 指挥，管辖 3. to have by right. He commands great respect.博得 noun1. an order. We obeyed his commands.命令2. control. He was in command of the operation.控制commandant (komənˈdant) , ((American) ˈkoməndant) noun an officer who has the command of a place or of a body of troops. 司令官comˈmander noun1. a person who commands. He was the commander of the expedition.指挥官2. in the British navy, an officer of the rank next below the captain. 海军中校comˈmanding adjective1. impressive. He has a commanding appearance.威严的2. with a wide view. The house had a commanding position on the hill.居高临下的comˈmandment noun a command given by God, especially one of the ten given to Moses. 戒律comˌmander-in-ˈchief noun the officer in supreme command of an army, or of the entire forces of the state. 总司令

Commandant

(1) An official (officer or general) in the armed forces of various states. The commander of a fortress garrison was first called a commandant in the 16th century. In Russia up until 1715 the commandant of a military garrison was also the district governor, but after that date he was only the chief of the garrison. There were commandants of headquarters under the commander in chief and under the commanders of individual armies; there were also city commandants, commandants of railroad and waterway sectors, and corps commandants. In the Soviet armed forces there are garrison commandants, military commandants of railroad and waterway sectors and of railroad stations and ports, commandants of water crossings, and so forth.

A garrison commandant is appointed in every garrison. He sees to it that servicemen observe military discipline in public places and in the streets and that the guard and patrol service is conducted properly; he also organizes the protection and defense of objectives within the garrison and the garrison patrol service. In Moscow and Leningrad the garrison commandant is also the city commandant.

The military commandant of a railroad or waterway sector and of a railroad station or port, who is a representative of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, ensures the fulfillment of military transport plans and exercises the functions of a garrison commandant within the territory of his sector.

The commandant of water crossings, who is appointed from among the commanders of units or subunits of the engineer troops, ensures order and discipline at points where troops have to cross water barriers.

(2) The administrator of a house belonging to an institution or educational establishment or occupied by them.

commandant

noun

Synonyms for commandant

noun an officer in command of a military unit

Synonyms

commander
commanding officer

Related Words

SACLANT
Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
SACEUR
Supreme Allied Commander Europe
armed forces
armed services
military
military machine
war machine
commander in chief
generalissimo
military officer
officer
wing commander