Other forms: commanders
A commander is the officer in charge of a military force. The commander in chief, ship's commander, appoint a commander.
It is both a job and a rank: in the Royal Navy a commander sits below a captain, which is why the word can mean either the person in charge or somebody of that specific grade. Commander in chief is the supreme authority, held in some countries by the head of state. Note command.
1nouncommanderThe officer in charge of a military force.
“The commander ordered his troops to retreat across the river.”
commander is a military role.
Old French comandeor comes from comander, from Latin commendare and mandare, to entrust. Mandate and demand come from the same entrusting.
Old French
comandeor
Middle English
comaundour
English, today
commander
From Middle English comaundour, commaunder, comaunder, borrowed from Old French comandeor, cumandeur, from comander. by surface analysis, command + -er. See command.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA