Board and Commander

Board

Board noun - A group of persons formally joined together for some common interest.

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Commander and board are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Commander" instead a noun "Board".

Nearby Words: boarded, boarder, boarding, boardroom

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

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Board and commander are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Board" instead a noun "Commander".

old	old board	old commander
high	high board	high commander
full	full board	full commander
special	special board	special commander
Other adjectives: certain, current, original, single, corrupt, actual, main, new, former, military, last, local.

The base's commander, Jonathan, makes several allusions to chess as he strategizes on how to capture the now-infamous Straw Hat Pirates, having the board in front of him many times.

Source: The Chessmaster / Examples Using Chess Metaphors
In one Crowning Moment of Awesome, Yorick is the prisoner of an Israeli commander who is about to shoot down a space shuttle with two live men on board.

Source: Damsel in Distress
Oh, and you still need both the commander's recommendation and the recommendation of the promotion board to be promoted, even if you have the points.

Source: Moving the Goalposts

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