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Webster 1913 Edition

Commandant

Comˊman-dant′

,

Noun.

[F., orig. p. pr. of

commander

.]

A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men;

as, the

commandant

of a navy-yard

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Commandant

COMMANDANT

,

Noun.

A commander; a commanding officer of a place or of a body of forces.