‖kommandant, noun
- Forms:
- Also with capital initial.
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, see commandant.
1. commandant sense 1.
1971 Daily Dispatch 16 Dec. 10Kommandants Koos Potgieter and Greyling came from Pietermaritzburg, as did kommandant Jacobus Uys.
2. commandant sense 2.
1971 H. Zeederberg Veld Express 155Commandant Tjaardt Kruger, the chief of the Republic’s Intelligence Service..told Pieter Zeederberg, then Hoofd Kommandant of Pretoria, that Jameson’s original plan was to use the coaches for the ‘invasion’ of the Transvaal.
3. commandant sense 6.
1975 E. Prov. Herald 9 Aug. 4The bazaar was opened by the leader of the Voortrekker Movement in Fort Beaufort, Kommandant Izak Malan.
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