Collocations withcommander
These are words often used in combination withcommander.
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base commander
The base commander or another senior war veteran would walk the plot boundaries with the settlers from either side fixing the demarcation lines.
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battlefield commander
On the basis of "use them or lose them", there is an increasing temptation for a battlefield commander to use these pieces.
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brigade commander
These brigades train on a mechanised basis in peace, except that the battery staffs may be horsed if the brigade commander thinks it desirable.
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company commander
A company commander commands his men.
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corps commander
On every decision, the government apparently had to secure the unanimous consent of every corps commander in the army and of their equivalents in the navy and air force.
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deputy commander
In 1946, the rank was renamed deputy commander.
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district commander
Any speaker may be invited to lecture by the commandant of a school or by the commander-in-chief or district commander.
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division commander
Liao was again placed in charge of command of reserve officer corps and served as assistant division commander of the new 22nd division.
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divisional commander
What would a divisional commander do?
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lieutenant commander
He served as a lieutenant commander.
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local commander
The local commander came to see me.
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military commander
He was clearly a towering figure as military commander and adroit diplomat but especially as a generous patron.
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platoon commander
Another is of a man who tried to accept every opportunity for training but whose platoon commander gave him only one parade a month.
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rank of commander
One of these years must be in the rank of commander.
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rebel commander
He described the rebel commander as a very bad subject, and wrote that he and other prisoners were treated poorly in the camp.
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regimental commander
But what happened to the regimental commander?
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senior commander
This was my new senior commander.
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subordinate commander
He has not delegated his control to any subordinate commander.
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supreme commander
There are rather more than another ten helping to contribute to the international staff of the supreme commander.
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tank commander
I understand that a new staff officer, the tank commander, is being brought into the divisional headquarters.
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wing commander
A wing commander commands a squadron.
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