COMMANDER  , in the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• NAVY

navy, the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of the second grade of captains . He commands a small See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel, or is second in command of a large one . A See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff commander is entrusted with the See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation of a large See also:

• SHIP

ship, and ranks above a navigating See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant . Since 1838 the officer next in See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank to a See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain in the U.S. navy has been called commander .