commander
Example Sentences
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"I asked the army commander to do his job," she said.
From Barron's
It allowed IDF generals to put Centcom commanders—American generals who specialized in the threats Israel faces in the Middle East—on speed dial and fostered secret summits between Israeli and Arab military chiefs.
The commander of the IDF's Central Command, which is responsible for the West Bank, insisted it saw the incidents "with the utmost severity".
From BBC
They included a senior money man who would transfer funds to Hezbollah, and commanders specialised in intelligence gathering, it said.
From BBC
But before the end, he helped orchestrate the coup that brought Reza Khan, the military commander who would crown himself Shah of Iran, to power.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
