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CINC

CINC 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 CINC

pluralCINCs

Words formed from CINC

  • CINCPAC
  • CINCPACFLT

Questions about CINC

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

Words near CINC in the dictionary

  1. cinamolol
  2. cinamon
  3. cinamons
  4. cinanserin
  5. cinaroside
  6. CINC
  7. CINCA
  8. cincalok
  9. cincaluk
  10. Cincere
  11. cinch

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