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The commander of a privateer. Kidd soon threw off the character of a privateer and became a pirate. Macaulay.

rged the duties of a consul without being himself consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, a province. He was usually one who had previously been consul.

The deep; the sea; the ocean. God in the fathomless profound Hath all this choice commanders drowned. Sandys.

deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander.

In the Anglo-Indian army, a native commander of a ressala.

An official account, report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior officer; as, the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number of the sick; the return of provisions, etc.

Proceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the purpose. Commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counseled the general to retreat. Milton.

A suborder of Urodela, comprising salamanders.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a salamander; enduring fire. Addison.

Like or pertaining to the salamanders.

A division of Amphibia including the Salamanders and allied groups; the Urodela.

A general or commander of land forces in the Turkish empire; especially, the commander-in-chief of minister of war.

in the public service, as a soldier, seaman. etc. Many . . . who had before been great commanders, but now served as private gentlemen without pay. Knolles.

rge. -- To set over. (a) To appoint or constitute as supervisor, inspector, ruler, or commander. (b) To assign; to transfer; to convey. -- To set right, to correct; to put in order. -- To set sail. (Naut.) See under Sail, n. -- To set store by, to consider valuable. -- To set the fashion, to determine what shall b…

The captain, master, or commander of a ship. Jonah i. 6.

The larval form of any salamander while it still has external gills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl (Amblystoma Mexicanum), sometimes lay eggs while in this larval state, but which under more favorable conditions lose their gills and become normal salamanders. See also Axolotl.

A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander.

lovely caravan. Emerson. To speak a ship (Naut.), to hail and speak to her captain or commander.

fficers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See État Major.

The leader or commander of an army; a general.