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commander
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)
- One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
- A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.
- One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons.
- A designation or rank in certain non-military organizations such as NASA and various police forces.
- (obsolete) The chief officer of a commandry.
- A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
- A rank within an honorary order: e.g. Commander of the Legion of Honour.
- 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
- to order (tell someone to do something)
- 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).
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kingpin
English
Etymology
king +? pin
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k??.p?n/
Noun
kingpin (plural kingpins)
- (transport) The axis around which steered wheels pivot; a bolt that holds the axis in place—a kingbolt.
- (transport) The pivot or connector between a tractor and trailer in the fifth-wheel coupling of semi-trailer truck.
- (ten-pin bowling) The pin at the centre of the triangle of bowling pins (originally the tallest pin in kayles). Sometimes also the headpin at the apex.
- The most important person in an undertaking or organization.
- The bolt holding together the truck of a roller skate or skateboard.
Synonyms
- (most important person): big cheese, big enchilada, big tamale, big kahuna, bigwig, big wheel, grand poobah, head honcho, muckety muck, top banana, top dog, big noise
Descendants
- ? Cebuano: kingpin
Translations
Anagrams
- pink gin, pinking
Cebuano
Etymology
From English kingpin.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: king?pin
Noun
kingpin
- a kingpin; the most important person in an undertaking or organization
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