[com.mo.dore] n [prob. modif. of D commandeur commander, fr. F, fr. OF comandeor, fr. comander to command] (1695) 1 a: a captain in the navy in command of a squadron b: a commissioned officer in the navy formerly ranking above captain and below rear admiral and having an insignia of one star
2: the ranking officer commanding a body of merchant ships
3: the chief officer of a yacht club or boating association