n.
Pronunciation: ' kä-m ə - ˌ do ̇ r
Function: noun
Etymology: probably modification of Dutch commandeur commander, from French, from Old French comandeor, from comander to command
Date: 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