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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
Brooke is commander in chief, I am commissary general, the other fellows are staff officers, and you, ladies, are company.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The commander in chief and his aides soon spread the tablecloth with an inviting array of eatables and drinkables, prettily decorated with green leaves.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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