commandant /kom-ən-dantˈ or komˈ/ noun

An officer who has the command of a place or of a body of troops

commandantˈship noun

commandeerˈ transitive verb

1. To seize for military use
2. To take over for one's own use, without asking

commandˈer noun

1. A person who commands
2. An officer in the navy next in rank under a captain
3. A high-ranking police officer in charge of a district
4. A member of a higher class in an order of knighthood
5. A district administrator in religious military orders
6. The highest ranking officer in the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

commandˈership noun

commandˈery noun

The district under a commander, esp in the religious military orders

commandˈing adjective

1. Dominating, impressive, authoritative
2. Strategic

commandˈingly adverb

commandˈment noun

1. A command
2. A religious rule for living by, esp one of the Ten Commandments

commandˈo noun (pl commandˈos)

1. A unit of a special service brigade, esp the Royal Marine Corps (military)
2. A person serving in such a unit
3. An armed force of Boers (S Afr historical)

command economy noun

An economy in which all means of creating wealth and business activities are controlled by government rather than market forces

commander-in-chiefˈ noun (pl commanders-in-chief)

The officer in supreme command of an army, or of the entire forces of the state

command language noun (computing)

The language used to communicate with the operating system

command line noun (computing)

A blank line on the screen to the right of a prompt where the user types a command

command module noun

The part of a spacecraft from which operations are directed

command paper noun

A government document, orig one presented to parliament by command of the monarch

command performance noun

A performance before royalty

command post noun

A military unit's (temporary) headquarters

at one's command

Available for use

commander of the faithful

A title of the caliphs

go commando (orig US sl)

To forgo the use of underpants

on commando

On military service in the field

Ten Commandments

The ten commandments given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, as described in the Old Testament Book of Exodus