commandership
- a word derived from commander.
Example Sentences
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Canceled by King George VI was the honorary commandership of the Order of the British Empire awarded in 1929 to Norwegian Major Vidkun Quisling.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was clear, however, that Clifford attributed his commandership to his merits, and he was very conscious of his great responsibility.
From The Most Sentimental Man by Smith, Evelyn E.
M. de Freycinet, another civilian, served under Gambetta as a sort of Chief of the General Staff, and the energetic, but dilettante, commandership exercised by these gentlemen cost France very dear.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count
For his valour on the latter occasion he received the rank of general of brigade and the commandership of the Legion of Honour.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
Presently he made some inquiry of Jules Pierrepont, who had now assumed commandership of the party, as to the reason of his arrest.
From The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime by Le Queux, William
