commander

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♦ com|mand|er /kəm'ɑːndər, -m'ænd-/ (commanders)
1 [N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC]
A commander is an officer in charge of a military operation or organization.
The commander and some of the men had been released.
...Commander Bob Marks.
2 [N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC]
A commander is an officer in the Royal Navy or the U.S. Navy.wing com|mand|er (wing commanders)
[N-COUNT; N-TITLE]
A wing commander is a senior officer in the British air force.
...Wing Commander Christopher Moran.

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