different between commander vs alcaide

English

Etymology

From Middle English comaundour, commaunder, comaunder, borrowed from Old French comandeor, cumandeur, from comander. See command.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k??mænd?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??m??nd?/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /k??mand?/

Noun

commander (plural commanders)

1. One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
2. A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.
3. One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons.
4. A designation or rank in certain non-military organizations such as NASA and various police forces.
5. (obsolete) The chief officer of a commandry.
6. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
7. A rank within an honorary order: e.g. Commander of the Legion of Honour.
8. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Moduza.

Derived terms

• commanderless
• commanderlike
• commanderly

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French comander, from Vulgar Latin *command?re, from Latin commend?re, present active infinitive of commend?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.m??.de/
• Homophones: commandai, commandé, commandée, commandées, commandés, commandez

Verb

commander

1. to order (tell someone to do something)
2. to order (ask for a product)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• commandeur
• commandement

Related terms

• commande

Descendants

• ? Romanian: comanda

Further reading

• “commander” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• alcayde

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcaide, from Arabic ??????????? (al-q??id, “leader”); compare caid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æl?ka?di/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Noun

alcaide (plural alcaides)

1. The governor or commander of a Spanish or Portuguese fortress or prison.
   • 1768, Edward Cavendish Drake, A New Universal Collection of Authentic Voyages and Travels, page 510,

     Soon after Mr. Petticrew arrived at Gibraltar, he came to Tetuan in his maje?ty's ?hip Seahor?e, to acquaint the alcaide that he had orders from the king of Great Britain, […] .

   • 1810, John Joseph Stockdale (editor and publisher), The History of the Inquisitions, extract published in 1810, The Literary Panorama, and National Register, Volume 8, page 219,

     It was, above all, to the alcaide and the guards of the prisoners that he studied to recommend himself.

   • 1825, The Literary Chronicle for the year 1825, page 172,

     The municipal bodies were charged regularly to inspect the prisons; to watch over the conduct of the alcaides, and the inferior officers; and to propose to the government such measures as they judged to be best conducive to humanity and sound policy.

2. A caid.

Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

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Noun

alcaide m (plural alcaides)

1. alcaide (commander of a province or fortress)

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic ??????????? (al-q??id, “leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al?kaide/, [al?kai?.ð?e]

Noun

alcaide m (plural alcaides)

1. commander of the defense of a castle
2. administrator of royal property
3. warden; administrator of a prison

Further reading

• “alcaide” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.