commander
Example Sentences
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The commander - who is white haired and softly spoken - belongs to a small dissident group called Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan.
From BBC
John Miller, a former commander of naval forces in the Middle East.
When Time magazine last week asked the commander in chief whether Americans should be worried about potential terrorist strikes at home, he replied, “I guess.”
From Los Angeles Times
One of his first initiatives is an audit of battlefield losses -- ranking commanders based on casualty levels, in an attempt to address high levels of desertion among rank-and-file troops and the unpopularity of mobilisation.
From Barron's
Moments later, Issa got a call from the commander of the Republican Guard, the force responsible for protecting the president.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
