Commandant
Commandant noun - One in official command especially of a military force or base.
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Superior and commandant are semantically related. in master topic. In some cases you can use "Superior" instead a noun "Commandant".
Superior
Superior noun - One who is above another in rank, station, or office.
Commandant and superior are semantically related. You can use "Commandant" instead a noun "Superior".
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The prison commandant in the Seventh Doctor episode is also voiced by Wadmore (one might assume he has a superior somewhere who would have been voiced by Gatiss had he appeared).
Source: And You Were There - The Great Escape: Colonel von Luger, the commandant of the POW camp is certainly more affable than the Big Good, being a Luftwaffe soldier who sees his enemies as Worthy Opponents and is only obeying his superior's commands out of duty rather than ideology.
Source: Affably Evil / Film - Red Shirt: Admiral Yarlin Dao is introduced as Eleya's former superior (he was the Commandant of Bajoran Militia Space Arm, then transferred to Starfleet when his home service was shut down), only to Going Down with the Ship a page later.
Source: Fanfic / Beat the Drums of War
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