commander

Etymology
From, , , borrowed from , , from. See command.

Noun

 * 1) One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
 * 2) A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.
 * 3) One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons.
 * 4) A designation or rank in certain non-military organizations such as NASA and various police forces.
 * 5)  The chief officer of a commandry.
 * 6) A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
 * 7) A rank within an honorary order: e.g. Commander of the Legion of Honour.
 * 8) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus.
 * 1) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: آمِر,, قَائِد, قُمَنْدَان
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: komandir, komandan
 * Belarusian: камандзі́р, каманды́р, ваенача́льнік, палкаво́дзец, кама́ндэр
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: befalingsmand
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: ülem
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ზორვარი, მეთაური
 * German:, , , Kommandör
 * Greek: ,
 * Guaraní: mburuvicha
 * Hebrew:, מְפַקֶּדֶת
 * Hindi:, कमान अफसर, , , , , ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Ingrian: komandira
 * Irish: ceannasaí
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: кәмәндір, командир
 * Korean:, ,
 * Kyrgyz: командир, ,
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: komandieris
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: команда́нт, запо́ведник, команди́р, нара́чател (not very common)
 * Malay: komander
 * Maori: toihau, kaiwhakahau
 * Marathi: कमांडर
 * Middle English: capitain, governour
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:, ,
 * Mongolian: ᠻᠣᠮᠠᠨᠳ᠋ᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ, ᠵᠠᠩᠵᠤᠨ, ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ
 * Navajo: hashkééjí naatʼááh
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kommandant, befalingsmand
 * Nynorsk: kommandant
 * Ottoman Turkish: قوماندان
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਕੁਮੇਦਾਨ
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ceannard
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: заповѐднӣк, заповјѐднӣк, кома̀ндант
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak: veliteľ
 * Slovene: poveljnik, komandant
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik:, амир
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: komandir
 * Ukrainian: команди́р, воєнача́льник, полково́дець, кома́ндувач, кома́ндер
 * Uyghur: كوماندىر, قوماندان
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Yiddish: קאָמאַנדיר


 * Belarusian: кама́ндэр
 * Bulgarian: капита́н тре́ти ранг
 * Czech: fregatní kapitán, komandér
 * Dutch:, kapitein-luitenant ter zee
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: ceannasaí
 * Marathi: कमांडर
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kommandør
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: кома̀ндант
 * Roman:
 * Slovene: komandant
 * Ukrainian: кома́ндер


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, gezagvoerderm
 * Estonian: ülem
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κοίρανος
 * Guaraní: mburuvicha
 * Hindi:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: komandira
 * Latin:, praepositus
 * Manx: anneyder
 * Maori: toihau
 * Middle English: comaundour
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ceannard
 * Spanish:
 * Tocharian B: tāś


 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Marathi: कमांडर
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kommandør
 * Nynorsk: kommandør

Etymology
, from, variant of.

Verb

 * 1) to order tell someone to do something
 * 2) to order ask for a product