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Subcommander

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Noun
  1. 1
    A commander who is subordinate in rank.

    "Still other officials say the mayhem may be partly a result of a vicious rivalry between two Qaeda subcommanders in Mali, Mokhtar Belmokhtar and Abdelhamid Abu Zeid, a clash that underscores the kind of autonomous jihad cells that counterterrorism officials say are particularly hard to combat."

Etymology

From sub- + commander.

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