OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 296

kòmadant

•  the commanding officer of Fort Oranje.de kommandeerende officier van het fort Oranje.

Note: generally an officer with the rank of captain, since the commanding officers of the citizen soldiery and the garrison also have that rank