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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 765 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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COMMANDER , in the

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BRITISH

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NAVY

navy, the

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

title of the second grade of captains . He commands a small

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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

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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

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

navigation of a large

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SHIP

ship, and ranks above a navigating

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LIEUTENANT

lieutenant . Since 1838 the officer next in

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

rank to a

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

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

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