Knight or Dame Commander

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chivalric rank grade of order of chivalry

Knight or Dame Commander is a high-ranking grade within several British chivalric orders, conferring the titles "Sir" or "Dame" and recognizing distinguished service to the nation.

Aliases (9)

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chivalric rank → grade of order of chivalry →
associatedWith	post-nominal letters →
awardedBy	monarch of the United Kingdom →
ceremonialContext	investiture ceremony →
confersTitle	Dame → Sir →
country	United Kingdom →
domain	orders of chivalry →
eligibility	typically citizens of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth realms →
genderedForm	Knight Commander → surface form: "Dame Commander" Knight Commander →
hasCharacteristic	entails knighthood status →
honoursLevel	senior grade →
honoursType	order of chivalry grade →
language	English title →
legalStatus	part of the official British honours system →
partOf	British honours system →
rankRelativeTo	higher than Commander → lower than Knight Grand Cross →
recognizedFor	distinguished service to the nation →
styleOfAddress	Dame for women → Sir for men →
symbolizes	high rank within an order of chivalry →
usedInOrder	Order of St Michael and St George → Order of the Bath → Order of the British Empire → The Royal Victorian Order → surface form: "Royal Victorian Order"

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bertram Ramsay → awardReceived → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath"

Charlie Chaplin → awardReceived → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire"

Daniel Barenboim → awardReceived → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire"

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. → awardReceived → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire"

Emma Thompson → awardReceived → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire"

Frederick Banting → awardReceived → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire"

Mary Soames → awardReceived → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire"

Miles Dempsey → awardReceived → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire"

P. G. Wodehouse → awardReceived → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire"

Air Marshal Sir Roderic Hill → awardReceived → Knight or Dame Commander →

subject surface form: "Roderic Hill"

this entity surface form: "Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath"

Thomas Blamey → awardReceived → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath"

Thomas Blamey → awardReceived → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire"

Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory → awardReceived → Knight or Dame Commander →

subject surface form: "Trafford Leigh-Mallory"

this entity surface form: "Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath"

Wendy Hall → awardReceived → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire"

KCSI → femaleEquivalent → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Dame Commander of the Order of the Star of India"

Order of St Michael and St George → grade → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George"

Knight Commander → hasFemaleEquivalent → Knight or Dame Commander →

subject surface form: "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire"

this entity surface form: "Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire"

Order of the Bath → hasRank → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath"

Order of the Bath → hasRank → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath"

Order of the British Empire → hasRank → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire"

Order of the British Empire → hasRank → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire"

Plum → honor → Knight or Dame Commander →

subject surface form: "P. G. Wodehouse"

this entity surface form: "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire"

Montserrat Caballé → honorificTitle → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Dame Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic"

Sheila Hancock → honorificTitle → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire"

Wendy Hall → honorificTitle → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire"

British honours system → typicalOrderGrades → Knight or Dame Commander →

DCB → usedFor → Knight or Dame Commander →

this entity surface form: "Dame Commander rank"