What part of speech is commander?

Commander can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

Inflections

Noun

What does commander mean?

Definitions

Noun

commander - a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
commander - someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others
commander - an officer in command of a military unit
commander - an officer in the airforce

Examples of commander

#   Sentence  
1. noun The police commander of Ninevah Province announced that bombings had declined 80 percent in Mosul, whereas there had been a big jump in the number of kidnappings.
2. noun One of them was from the Jubur tribe and was deputy commander of the Hawijah garrison.
3. noun (Mullah Omar is leader of the Taliban, Usmani is the former corps commander of Kandahar under the Taliban regime and now a commander of Taliban forces while Hikmetyar heads the extremist Hizb-e-Islami.).
4. noun The commander gave orders that his men fire at once.
5. noun The commander exposed his men to gunfire.
6. noun The commander was roaring at his soldiers.
7. noun He is commander of our troops.
8. noun However, when I finally reached the castle I was thrown into this prison by the commander of the imperial guard.
9. noun The commander said they would stay.
10. noun They were beginning to lose faith in their commander.
11. noun The British commander was forced to surrender.
12. noun The British commander ordered his men to rest for the night.
13. noun The commander refused to negotiate.
14. noun They had some doubts about their commander.
15. noun The commander called reinforcements up.
Sentence  
noun
The police commander of Ninevah Province announced that bombings had declined 80 percent in Mosul, whereas there had been a big jump in the number of kidnappings.
One of them was from the Jubur tribe and was deputy commander of the Hawijah garrison.
(Mullah Omar is leader of the Taliban, Usmani is the former corps commander of Kandahar under the Taliban regime and now a commander of Taliban forces while Hikmetyar heads the extremist Hizb-e-Islami.).
The commander gave orders that his men fire at once.
The commander exposed his men to gunfire.
The commander was roaring at his soldiers.
He is commander of our troops.
However, when I finally reached the castle I was thrown into this prison by the commander of the imperial guard.
The commander said they would stay.
They were beginning to lose faith in their commander.
The British commander was forced to surrender.
The British commander ordered his men to rest for the night.
The commander refused to negotiate.
They had some doubts about their commander.
The commander called reinforcements up.

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