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| adjutant |
a military officer who assists a commanding officer in administrative affairs. [1/2 definitions] |
| adjutant general |
a staff officer who serves as chief administrative assistant to the commanding officer of an army corps or division. [1/3 definitions] |
| aide |
a military officer who serves as confidential assistant to a commanding officer such as a general. [1/2 definitions] |
| CO2 |
abbreviation of "commanding officer," a military officer in charge of a unit or installation. |
| command |
the act of commanding. [1/7 definitions] |
| commandant |
the commanding officer of a military post or of a military organization such as the U.S. Marine Corps. |
| demand |
the act of commanding forcefully; order. [1/6 definitions] |
| dominant |
highly visible or commanding. [1/4 definitions] |
| enslave |
to take away the freedom from (a person) and cause them to become a slave. The person who enslaves another considers the slave to be their property to do with what they wish, which typically means commanding them to work in a grueling manner. |
| executive officer |
in the military, an officer who is assistant to the commanding officer of a unit, or who is second in command of a unit smaller than a division. [1/2 definitions] |
| flagship |
in a group of naval vessels, the ship in which the commanding officer is stationed, or the principal one of any group of ships. [1/2 definitions] |
| forbid |
to prevent (someone) from doing something by commanding against it. [1/4 definitions] |
| insistent |
emphatically demanding or commanding attention. [1/3 definitions] |
| outgeneral |
to outdo or excel in commanding, managing, or functioning as a leader. |
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