*mander*

n. [ Cf. F. commandeur. Cf. Commodore, Commender. ] 1. A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it. [ 1913 Webster ]

A leader and commander to the people. Is. lv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Navy) An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The chief officer of a commandery. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Commander in chief, the military title of the officer who has supreme command of the land or naval forces or the united forces of a nation or state; a generalissimo. The President is commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States.

Syn. -- See Chief. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a commander. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Commanderies [ F. commanderie. ] 1. The office or rank of a commander. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of knights who was called a commander; -- called also a preceptory. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A district under the administration of a military commander or governor. [ R. ] Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who demands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. germaunder, F. germandrée, It. calamandrea, L. chamaedrys, fr. Gr.&unr_;; &unr_; on the earth or ground + &unr_; tree. See Humble, and Tree. ] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Teucrium (esp. Teucrium Chamædrys or wall germander), mintlike herbs and low shrubs. [ 1913 Webster ]

American germander, Teucrium Canadense. --
Germander chickweed, Veronica agrestis. --
Water germander, Teucrium Scordium. --
Wood germander, Teucrium Scorodonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gerrymandered p. pr. & vb. n. Gerrymandering. ] To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent. [ Political Cant, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This was done in Massachusetts at a time when Elbridge Gerry was governor, and was attributed to his influence, hence the name; though it is now known that he was opposed to the measure. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Gormand, n. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fruit tree (Citrus limonia) which is a hybrid between the mandarin orange and the lemon, having a very acid fruit with an orange peel; also, the fruit of this tree, the rangpur.
Syn. -- rangpur, rangpur lime, Citrus limonia. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. & i. See Maunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mandrel. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Bot.) The wood of Diospyros ebenaster, a kind of ebony found in Ceylon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. poma. ] (a) A perfume to be carried with one, often in the form of a ball. (b) A box to contain such perfume, formerly carried by ladies, as at the end of a chain; -- more properly pomander box. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who reprimands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. salamandre, L. salamandra, Gr. &unr_;; cf. Per. samander, samandel. ] 1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Urodela, belonging to Salamandra, Amblystoma, Plethodon, and various allied genera, especially those that are more or less terrestrial in their habits. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The salamanders have, like lizards, an elongated body, four feet, and a long tail, but are destitute of scales. They are true Amphibia, related to the frogs. Formerly, it was a superstition that the salamander could live in fire without harm, and even extinguish it by the natural coldness of its body. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have maintained that salamander of yours with fire any time this two and thirty years. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whereas it is commonly said that a salamander extinguisheth fire, we have found by experience that on hot coals, it dieth immediately. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The pouched gopher (Geomys tuza) of the Southern United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A culinary utensil of metal with a plate or disk which is heated, and held over pastry, etc., to brown it. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A large poker. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Metal.) Solidified material in a furnace hearth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Giant salamander. (Zool.) See under Giant. --
Salamander's hair or
Salamander's wool (Min.), a species of asbestos or mineral flax. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]