COMMANDERS
Noun
commanders
plural of commander
Proper noun
Commanders
plural of Commander
Source: Wiktionary
COMMANDER
Com*mand"er, n. Etym: [Cf. F. commandeur. Cf. Commodore, Commender.]
1. A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief
officer of an army, or of any division of it.
A leader and commander to the people. Is. lv. 4.
2. (Navy)
Definition: An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a
lieutenant colonel in the army.
3. The chief officer of a commandery.
4. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts,
etc. Commander in chief, the military title of the officer who has
supreme command of the land or naval forces or the united forces of a
nation or state; a generalissimo. The President is commander in chief
of the army and navy of the United States.
Syn.
– See Chief.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition