'Commandant' definitions:
Definition of 'commandant'
(from WordNet)
noun
An officer in command of a military unit [syn: commanding officer, commandant, commander]
Definition of 'Commandant'
From: GCIDE
- Commandant \Com`man*dant"\, 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]
Synonyms of 'commandant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ADC,
- aide,
- aide-de-camp,
- brigadier,
- brigadier general,
- bull,
- captain,
- castellan,
- chatelain,
- chatelaine,
- chicken colonel,
- chief of staff,
- CO,
- 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,
- OD,
- officer,
- one-star general,
- orderly officer,
- principal keeper,
- prison guard,
- risaldar,
- ruler,
- screw,
- senior officer,
- shavetail,
- sirdar,
- staff officer,
- subahdar,
- subaltern,
- sublieutenant,
- the brass,
- the Old Man,
- three-star general,
- top brass,
- turnkey,
- two-star general,
- warden,
- warder
Words containing 'Commandant'
- Command,
- Commandable,
- Commanded,
- Commandeer,
- Commandeered,
- Commandeering,
- Commander,
- Commanding,
- Commandingly,
- Commandment,
- The Commandments,
- Commander in chief,
- Knights commanders,
- Lieutenant commander,
- Ten Commandments,
- The Ten Commandments,
- Word of command,
- command guidance,
- command key,
- command language,
- command line,
- command module,
- command of language,
- command overhead,
- command post,
- command prompt,
- commanding officer,
- commandments the ten,
- high command,
- naval commander,
- system command,
- wing commander,
- Self-command,
- air combat command,
- allied command atlantic,
- allied command europe,
- command line interface,
- command processing overhead,
- command sergeant major,
- criminal investigation command,
- second-in-command,
- air force space command,
- command processing overhead time,
- supreme allied commander atlantic,
- supreme allied commander europe,
- popular front for the liberation of palestine-general command