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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

That pigeon-chested commandant Bastian with his grandmother’s walk; he said they would strip the hesitation out of him.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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