as in commander
one in official command especially of a military force or base
the commandant of a naval district
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Several recent commandants, including Fagan, had urged lawmakers to fund the construction of new ships and repair of older ones to assist in the service's expanding global role in safeguarding national security.
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Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2025
The movie highlights the ‘banality of evil,’ a phrase coined by Hannah Arendt, and puts forward the idea that the commandant was just a person, not a monster.
—Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
The shakeup comes in the wake of the abrupt firing of Admiral Linda Fagan, who served as the first female commandant.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 1 Feb. 2025
Years later, General Michael Hagee, who was the commandant of the Marine Corps at the time of the shootings, bragged to an oral historian that the press still hadn’t got hold of graphic photos of the killings’ aftermath.
—Parker Yesko, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2025
The movie highlights the ‘banality of evil,’ a phrase coined by Hannah Arendt, and puts forward the idea that the commandant was just a person, not a monster.
—Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
The shakeup comes in the wake of the abrupt firing of Admiral Linda Fagan, who served as the first female commandant.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 1 Feb. 2025
Years later, General Michael Hagee, who was the commandant of the Marine Corps at the time of the shootings, bragged to an oral historian that the press still hadn’t got hold of graphic photos of the killings’ aftermath.
—Parker Yesko, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Commandant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commandant. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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