as in commander
one in official command especially of a military force or base
the commandant of a naval district
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Right there, in a building that once served as the SS commandant’s headquarters, is a functioning church, with large crosses in front and atop the building.
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Avi Weiss, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
Eventually, the novel grows to encompass a network of victims and perpetrators: Polish aristocrats, other prisoners in the women’s barracks, the famed writer Tadeusz Borowski, and the camp commandant Rudolf Höss, along with his wife, Hedwig.
—Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
The first to fall under Mr. Trump was the Coast Guard commandant, Adm. Linda L. Fagan, the first female uniformed leader of a branch of the armed forces.
—Helene Cooper, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
The investigation, closed in January 2020 during Trump’s first administration, was not voluntarily disclosed to Congress or the public by the Coast Guard until 2023, as it had been withheld by the service’s commandant at the time, Adm. Karl Schultz.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
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Avi Weiss, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
Eventually, the novel grows to encompass a network of victims and perpetrators: Polish aristocrats, other prisoners in the women’s barracks, the famed writer Tadeusz Borowski, and the camp commandant Rudolf Höss, along with his wife, Hedwig.
—Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
The first to fall under Mr. Trump was the Coast Guard commandant, Adm. Linda L. Fagan, the first female uniformed leader of a branch of the armed forces.
—Helene Cooper, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
The investigation, closed in January 2020 during Trump’s first administration, was not voluntarily disclosed to Congress or the public by the Coast Guard until 2023, as it had been withheld by the service’s commandant at the time, Adm. Karl Schultz.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Commandant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commandant. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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