commandant

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: com=man=dant

CIDE DICTIONARY

commandant, n. [F., orig. p. pr. of commander.].

 A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

commandant, n. a commanding officer, esp. of a particular force, military academy, etc.

Idiom

Commandant-in-Chief the supreme commandant.

Derivative

commandantship n.

Etymology

F commandant, or It. or Sp. commandante (as COMMAND)

THESAURUS

commandant

ADC, CO, OD, aide, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigadier general, bull, captain, castellan, chatelain, chatelaine, chicken colonel, chief of staff, colonel, commander, commander in chief, commanding officer, commissioned officer, company officer, custodian, director, exec, executive, executive officer, field marshal, field officer, first lieutenant, five-star general, four-star general, gaoler, general, general officer, generalissimo, governor, guard, guardian, intendant, jailer, jemadar, junior officer, keeper, lieutenant, lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, major, major general, manager, marechal, marshal, master, officer, one-star general, orderly officer, principal keeper, prison guard, risaldar, ruler, screw, senior officer, shavetail, sirdar, staff officer, subahdar, subaltern, sublieutenant, the Old Man, the brass, three-star general, top brass, turnkey, two-star general, warden, warder

ROGET THESAURUS

commandant

Master

N master, padrone, lord, lord paramount, commander, commandant, captain, chief, chieftain, sirdar, sachem, sheik, head, senior, governor, ruler, dictator, leader, boss, cockarouse, sagamore, werowance, lord of the ascendant, cock of the walk, cock of the roost, gray mare, mistress, potentate, liege, liege lord, suzerain, sovereign, monarch, autocrat, despot, tyrant, oligarch, crowned head, emperor, king, anointed king, majesty, imperator, protector, president, stadholder, judge, ceasar, kaiser, czar, tsar, sultan, soldan, grand Turk, caliph, imaum, shah, padishah, sophi, mogul, great mogul, khan, lama, tycoon, mikado, tenno, inca, cazique, voivode, landamman, seyyid, Abuna, cacique, czarowitz, grand seignior, prince, duke, archduke, doge, elector, seignior, marland, margrave, rajah, emir, wali, sheik nizam, nawab, empress, queen, sultana, czarina, princess, infanta, duchess, margravine, czarevna, czarita, maharani, rani, rectrix, regent, viceroy, exarch, palatine, khedive, hospodar, beglerbeg, three-tailed bashaw, pasha, bashaw, bey, beg, dey, scherif, tetrarch, satrap, mandarin, subahdar, nabob, maharajah, burgrave, laird, collector, commissioner, deputy commissioner, woon, the authorities, the powers that be, the government, staff, etat major, aga, official, man in office, person in authority, sircar, sirkar, Sublime Porte, marshal, field marshal, marechal, general, generalissimo, commander in chief, seraskier, hetman, lieutenant general, major general, colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major, adjutant, jemidar, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned officer, warrant officer, sergeant, sergeant major, color sergeant, corporal, corporal major, lance corporal, acting corporal, drum major, captain general, dizdar, knight marshal, naik, pendragon, mayor, mayoralty, prefect, chancellor, archon, provost, magistrate, syndic, alcalde, alcaid, burgomaster, corregidor, seneschal, alderman, councilman, committeeman, councilwoman, warden, constable, portreeve, lord mayor, officer, dewan, fonctionnaire, admiral, admiralty, rear admiral, vice admiral, port admiral, commodore, captain, commander, lieutenant, ensign, skipper, mate, master, officer of the day, OD, navarch, da locum melioribus, der Furst ist der erste Diener seines Staats, the prince is the first servant of his state, lord of thy presence and no land beside.