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The boss who outranks 'manager' but still answers to someone with more stars.
means The officer in charge of a particular place, unit, or institution — a military base, a training academy, a prison camp.
from Borrowed from French commandant, the present participle of commander, 'to command' — itself descended from Latin commendare, 'to entrust.' English picked it up around the 17th-18th century for military use, keeping its foreign polish, which is why it still sounds sterner and more formal than the homegrown 'commander.'
- origin
- French for commanding, borrowed wholesale into English
- usage
- military academies and camps, not corporate offices
- rank note
- a title of role, not a fixed pay grade
- pop culture
- always shouting, rarely smiling, in every war film