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C-in-C

C-in-C is the abbreviation of commander-in-chief.

Meaning of commander-in-chief

Noun

commander-in-chief (plural commanders-in-chief, abbreviation C-in-C)

  1. Supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country.
    • For, [Scipio] being Commaunder in chiefe, ouer an Armie; (Latin original: praeesse autem suo nomine exercitui)c. 1600, Clement Edmundes, Observations vpon Caesars Comentaries, page 175

Forms of C-in-C

pluralC-in-Cs

Questions about C-in-C

What is C-in-C the abbreviation of?
C-in-C is the abbreviation of commander-in-chief.

Words near C-in-C in the dictionary

  1. C-flat major
  2. c-flats
  3. C-grade
  4. c-hole
  5. c-holes
  6. C-in-C
  7. C-in-Cs
  8. C-level
  9. C-levels
  10. C-list
  11. C-lister

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