Usually means: Leader in charge of unit.
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  1. commanding officer: Merriam-Webster
  2. commanding officer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. commanding officer: Collins English Dictionary
  4. commanding officer: Vocabulary.com
  5. commanding-officer: Wordnik
  6. commanding officer: Wiktionary
  7. commanding officer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. commanding officer: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. commanding officer: Dictionary.com
  10. Commanding Officer, Commanding officer, The Commanding Officer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. commanding officer: Rhymezone
  12. commanding officer: FreeDictionary.org
  13. commanding officer: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. commanding officer: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (commanding officer)

▸ noun:  The officer in command of, and typically having ultimate authority over, a military unit.

Similar:
commander, commandant, commanding general, command, leading, executive officer, commissioned officer, command post, commander in chief, commander-in-chief, more...

Opposite:
subordinate, enlisted personnel, junior officer

Types:
general, admiral, captain, lieutenant, sergeant, more...

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Similar:
commander, commandant, commanding general, command, leading, executive officer, commissioned officer, command post, commander in chief, commander-in-chief, more...

Opposite:
subordinate, enlisted personnel, junior officer

Types:
general, admiral, captain, lieutenant, sergeant, more...



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