comandante

Definitions

Examples

• Many still speak of the deceased president with epitaphs such as “The Giant,” “The Immortal,” and “The Eternal Comandante.”

• So imagine the commotion when Venezuelans recently heard a recording of the Comandante himself, seemingly back from the grave.

• An audio hoax of El Comandante has Venezuela in an uproar—and missing the good old days of the Bolivarian revolution.

• Michael Moynihan collects five of the dumbest love letters to the departed Venezuelan comandante.

• El Comandante used his Machiavellian bag of tricks to fuel a spoils system and political juggernaut that Venezuelans worshiped.

• With the two envoys went Comandante Terrada, who, entering the fort with them, took command of the grenadiers.

• "Nor how we licked 'em out of their boots, and that's saying a good deal," whispered Crosby, glancing at the Comandante's feet.

• "The Senor Comandante can hold no conference with you until you disperse your party," interpreted the secretary.

• A monotonous voice also—the Comandante's evidently—was raised in a thin, high recitative.

• The Comandante lifted his hand gravely with a gesture of silence, and then slowly removed his plumed hat.