COMMANDER, n.

1. A chief one who has supreme authority a leader the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it. The term may also be applied to the admiral of a fleet, or of a squadron, or to any supreme officer as the commander of the land or of the naval force the commander of a ship.
2. One on whom is bestowed a benefice or commandry.
3. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, &c.
4. An instrument of surgery.