Commander

Commander - Other Definitions

• (n.) A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.
  
  
• (n.) An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.
  
  
• (n.) The chief officer of a commandery.
  
  
• (n.) A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.