wing commander in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for wing commander in the English»Serbian Dictionary

wing com·'mand·er N Brit MIL

wing commander

komandant eskadrile m

wing commander Am

zapovednik eskadrile m

Translations for wing commander in the English»Serbian Dictionary

com·mand·er [kə'mɑːndəʳ] N

1. commander MIL:

commander

komandant m

2. commander Brit NAUT:

commander

≈ kapetan m fregate

wing [wɪŋ] N

1. wing zool:

wing of bird

krilo nt

to take sb under one's wing also fig

uzeti nekoga pod svoje okrilje fig

2. wing AERO:

wing

krilo nt

3. wing archit:

wing of building

krilo nt

4. wing fball:

wing

krilo nt

to play left/right wing

igrati levo/desno krilo

5. wing THEAT:

to be waiting in the wings

čekati na bočnim stranama bine

6. wing + sing/pl vb POL:

the left/right wing

levo/desno krilo

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

This gave the wing commander the authority to direct activities rather than merely request that his flying mission receive support.

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He was further promoted in 1938 to wing commander.

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