Commander
A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.
An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.
The chief officer of a commandery.
A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
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Commander Quotations
Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations.
Sun Tzu
The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
Colin Powell
In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
To win this war, we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern.
Sarah Palin
The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.
Henry B. Adams
The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command.
William Falconer
I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.
John McCain
As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
I think as a rifle platoon and company commander your view is about 1,000 meters in front of you and you hope you can cover that ground and not have to back up and give it up again.
Oliver North
On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
Sally Ride
Commander Translations
commander in Afrikaans is kommandant
commander in Dutch is aanvoerder, commandant
commander in German is Befehlshaber
commander in Hungarian is parancsnok
commander in Latin is dux ducis
commander in Portuguese is comandante
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