COMMANDER

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COMMANDER , in the

British

BRITISH

navy

NAVY

, the

title

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

of the second grade of captains. He commands a small

vessel

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas,
vase
- VASE
- VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate
  root
  - ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
  - ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
  is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)
, urn)

, or is second in command of a large one. A staff commander is entrusted with the

navigation

NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

of a large ship, and ranks above a navigating

lieutenant

LIEUTENANT

. Since 1838 the officer next in rank to a

captain

CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

in the U.S.

navy

NAVY

has been called commander.

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