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commandant(dictionary)

commandant (iou)



commandant noun. L17.
[French commandant, Italian, Spanish commandante; in sense 2 Afrikaans kommandant: see COMMAND verb, -ANT1.]
A commanding officer, esp. of a particular force, a military academy, etc. L17.
In S. Afr. History, the leader of a Boer commando. Now, an officer in the South African armed forces ranking between a major and a colonel. L18.
commandant-general a commander-in-chief.
commandantship noun the office or position of commandant M19.