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commandant

[kom-uhn-dant, -dahnt, kom-uhn-dant, -dahnt] / ˌkɒm ənˈdænt, -ˈdɑnt, ˈkɒm ənˌdænt, -ˌdɑnt /


NOUN
commanding officer
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In 2024 I helped the nonprofit Counter Extremism Project buy the house next door to Auschwitz, where camp commandant Rudolf Höss lived with his family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Linda Fagan, who was commandant of the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2025

The German-language film, which earned a total of five Oscar nominations, focuses on the family of Auschwitz's longest-serving commandant, Rudolf Höss.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2024

Hüller was also magnificent in “The Zone of Interest,” as the privileged, selfish wife of a Nazi commandant, but her performance in “Anatomy” is staggeringly great.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2024

Long hours serving the British commandant had melted off the fat from his second and third chins and created heavy black circles under his eyes.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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