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COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does commander-in-chief mean?
• COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF (noun)
The noun COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF has 1 sense:
1. the officer who holds the supreme command
Familiarity information: COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The officer who holds the supreme command
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
commander-in-chief; commander in chief; generalissimo
Context example:
in the U.S. the president is the commander in chief
Hypernyms ("commander-in-chief" is a kind of...):
commandant; commander; commanding officer (an officer in command of a military unit)
Context examples
When the time came for the war to begin, the willow-wren sent out spies to discover who was the enemy’s commander-in-chief.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
His hard, high-boned face, large piercing eyes, and immense physique made him a fitting leader for that rough and tumultuous body who had named him as their commander-in-chief.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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