Commanders
Leaders and commanders are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Leaders" instead a noun "Commanders".
Leaders
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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In the Narnia fanfic King Edmund's Crusade the Colonels are not only the badass fighters of the armies, but also the field commanders and the leaders of the elite bodyguard units.
Source: Colonel Badass -
Helmets Are Hardly Heroic: Most Imperial squad leaders and commanders fight bare-headed, just like in the source material.
Source: Video Game / Dawn of War -
As far as the actual tabletop models go, almost every race has a lot of basic troops with helmets, where squad leaders and commanders and tank crew almost never wear them.
Source: Helmets Are Hardly Heroic
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