commandant
noun /ˈkɒməndænt/
/ˈkɑːməndænt/
- the officer in charge of a particular military group or institution
司令;指挥官 - the commandant of a prisoner of war camp
战俘集中营的指挥官 - Commandant Macdonald
麦克唐纳指挥官
词源late 17th cent.: from French commandant, or Italian or Spanish commandante, all from late Latin commandare ‘to command’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + mandare ‘commit, command’. - the commandant of a prisoner of war camp