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JOINT CHIEFS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Joint Chiefs mean?
• JOINT CHIEFS (noun)
The noun JOINT CHIEFS has 1 sense:
1. the executive agency that advises the President on military questions; composed of the chiefs of the United States Army and the United States Navy and the United States Air Force and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps
Familiarity information: JOINT CHIEFS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The executive agency that advises the President on military questions; composed of the chiefs of the United States Army and the United States Navy and the United States Air Force and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Joint Chiefs; Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hypernyms ("Joint Chiefs" is a kind of...):
executive agency (an agency of the executive branch of government)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
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