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Definition of commandant noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

commandant

noun
 
/ˈkɒməndænt/
 
/ˈkɑːməndænt/
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  1. the officer in charge of a particular military group or institution
    • the commandant of a prisoner of war camp
    • Commandant Macdonald
    Topics War and conflictc2
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French commandant, or Italian or Spanish commandante, all from late Latin commandare ‘to command’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + mandare ‘commit, command’.
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