transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkä-mə-ˌdȯr ]
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