commandership

Variant of commander

commander definition

com·mander (kə man′dər, -män′-)

noun

  1. a person who commands; leader; specif.,
    1. the chief officer of a unit in certain societies and fraternal orders
    2. commanding officer
  2. a high-ranking member of an order of knighthood
  3. U.S. Navy an officer ranking above a lieutenant commander and below a captain

Etymology: ME comaundour < OFr comandeor

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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