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The one who decides while everyone else gets to blame them later.
means A person who holds authority and gives orders, especially a military leader in charge of a unit, operation, or ship.
from From Old French 'comander,' from Late Latin 'commandare,' a strengthened form of Latin 'mandare' — to entrust, to commit to one's charge. Buried inside 'mandare' is the lovely image of 'manus' (hand) plus 'dare' (to give): to give into someone's hand. So the commander is, quite literally, the one into whose hand the whole thing has been placed — which makes the blaming-later part etymologically inevitable.
- naval rank
- Sits just below captain on warships
- James Bond
- 007 holds the rank of Royal Navy Commander
- keyboard ghost
- Mac's Command key carries the old name
- in-chief
- US presidents command armies without ever enlisting
- latin root
- From commendare, meaning to entrust into hands
commander in chief — title held by us president as head of armed forces since 1789
commander whitehead — royal navy officer who invented the self-propelled torpedo in 1866
commander neil armstrong — apollo 11 mission commander who became first person on the moon in 1969