Definition of "commandant" []

• The commanding officer of a military organization. (noun)

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• "Obviously the commandant is concerned with the good of the service."
• "The French term commandant answers to an English major, and he will therefore in future be termed Major Tempe."
• "Gary DuMornay, the principal of Kappa 6 - who is known as the "commandant" at this military-style middle school - said that the grant money would mainly be used to improve the students' reading ability."