Vocabulary : Commandeering to Commandress

Commandeering : of Commandeer
Commander : A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it. ;; An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army. ;; The chief officer of a commandery. ;; A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
Commanderies : of Commandery
Commandership : The office of a commander.
Commandery : The office or rank of a commander. ;; A district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of knights who was called a commander; -- called also a preceptory. ;; An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons. ;; A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.

Commanding : of Command ;; Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer. ;; Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence. ;; Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position.
Commandingly : In a commanding manner.
Commandment : An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate. ;; One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. ;; The act of commanding; exercise of authority. ;; The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
Commando : In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes, an expedition or raid; as, a commando of a hundred Boers.
Commandress : A woman invested with authority to command.

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