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commandant
noun
1 commandant
An officer in command of a military unit.
synonyms: commander, commanding officer.
Roget 745:
master,
padrone;
lord,
lord paramount;
commander,
commandant;
captain;
chief,
chieftain;
sirdar†,
sachem,
sheik,
head,
senior,
governor,
ruler,
dictator;
leader
etc.
(director)
694;
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 [Lat.],
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 [Jap.],
inca,
cazique†;
voivode†;
landamman†;
seyyid†;
Abuna†,
cacique†,
czarowitz†,
grand seignior.
prince,
duke
etc.
(nobility)
875;
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
etc.
(proprietor)
779;
collector,
commissioner,
deputy commissioner,
woon†.
the authorities,
the powers that be,
the government;
staff,
etat major [Fr.],
aga†,
official,
man in office,
person in authority;
sircar†,
sirkar†,
Sublime Porte.
[Military authorities]
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.
[Civil authorities]
mayor,
mayoralty;
prefect,
chancellor,
archon,
provost,
magistrate,
syndic;
alcalde†,
alcaid†;
burgomaster,
corregidor†,
seneschal,
alderman,
councilman,
committeeman,
councilwoman,
warden,
constable,
portreeve†;
lord mayor;
officer
etc.
(executive)
965;
dewan†,
fonctionnaire [Fr.].
[Naval authorities]
admiral,
admiralty;
rear admiral,
vice admiral,
port admiral;
commodore,
captain,
commander,
lieutenant,
ensign,
skipper,
mate,
master,
officer of the day,
OD;
navarch†.
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Dutch: bevelhebber, bevelvoerder, commandant, commandante, legeraanvoerder, legerbevelhebber, legercommandant, legerleider, overste, veldheer
Polish: dowódca
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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