On Vicipeid, an chiclipeid shaor.
Is eard is
ceannairc
ann na eiri amach i measc grupa daoine (go hionduil rannog mhileata no foireann loinge) chun cur i gcoinne na ndaoine os a gcionn, no a gcuid orduithe. Usaidtear an tearma go coitianta ar easumhlaiocht a dheanann saighdiuiri in aghaidh oifigeach (mar shampla
Ceannairc an Churraigh
[1]
no
an Cheannairc Indiach
[2]
), ach is feidir an focal a usaid ar aon eiri amach in aghaidh grupa ata i reim.
Le linn
Re na Fionnachtana
, is minic gur eiri amach i gcoinne captaen loinge a bhi i gceist le ceannairc. Tharla se seo, mar shampla, le linn aistir
Fernao de Magalhaes
timpeall an domhain, ar an
Discovery
(long
Henry Hudson
), agus an
cheannairc chailiuil ar an
Bounty
.