Authority and Commander

Authority

Authority noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.

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Commander and authority are semantically related in captain topic. In some cases you can use "Commander" instead a noun "Authority".

Commander noun - One in official command especially of a military force or base.

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Authority and commander are semantically related in captain topic. Sometimes you can use "Authority" instead a noun "Commander".

human	human authority	human commander
old	old authority	old commander
good	good authority	good commander
female	female authority	female commander
Other adjectives: high, full, total, single, corrupt, responsible, powerful, actual, real, great, evil, new, military, imperial, last, greatest, local.

The former is an Orb Admiral, while Cagalli is Commander-in-Chief of Orb's forces, though Kira rarely ever uses his position of authority instead having Murrue (A Captain) lead the Archangel.

Source: Four-Star Badass
Unusually for this trope, Vimes not only returns to his original position of authority, but gets promoted from a mere captain to Commander of the City Watch, with Carrot as his second in-command.

Source: Still the Leader
For example: Davian Thule is the Captain of the 4th Company, but in Dark Crusade, he was the Commander of the strike forc, having authority over the other companies and their captains present.

Source: Commanding Coolness

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