commander-in-chief
commander-in-chief noun: supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country.
Noun
commander-in-chief (plural commanders-in-chief, abbreviation C-in-C)
- 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
- President Biden received an ugly welcome in the Land of 10,000 Lakes on Tuesday when his motorcade passed dozens of protesters who held vulgar signs dissing the commander-in-chief.2021 November 30, Steven Nelson, “Biden haters greet president in Minnesota with ‘FJB’ and ‘You Suck’ signs”, in New York Post, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2022
commander-in-chief meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
commander-in-chief in Hindi
- supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
- प्रधान सेनापति pradhān senāpati, सेनापति senāpati, कमांडर इन चीफ़ kamāṇḍar in cīf
commander-in-chief in Tamil
- முதற் பெரும் படைத்தலைவர்
commander-in-chief in Urdu
- supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
- کَمانْڈَر اِن چِیف kamānḍar in cīf
commander-in-chief in Bengali
- supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
- সর্বাধিনায়ক śorbadhinaẏok
More languagesFewer languages
- commander-in-chief in Malayalam
- പടത്തലവൻ paṭattalavaṉ
- commander-in-chief in Kannada
- ಮಹಾದಂಡ ನಾಯಕ
- commander-in-chief in Arabic
- رَئِيس أَرْكَان raʔīs ʔarkān
- commander-in-chief in Malay
- ketua turus, panglima tertinggi, pemerintah tertinggi
- commander-in-chief in Indonesian
- panglima tertinggi
- commander-in-chief in Thai
- ผู้บัญชาการทหาร pûu-ban-chaa-gaan-tá-hǎan
- commander-in-chief in Vietnamese
- tổng tư lệnh
- commander-in-chief in Myanmar
- ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ် ka-kwaire:u:ci:hkyup
- Kashmiri
- سِپاہ سالار sipāh sālār
Forms of commander-in-chief
| plural | commanders-in-chief |
|---|---|
| abbreviation | C-in-C |
| alternative form | commander in chief |
Words formed from commander-in-chief
Questions about commander-in-chief
- What does commander-in-chief mean?
- Commander-in-chief means supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country.
- What is commander-in-chief in Hindi?
- Commander-in-chief in Hindi is प्रधान सेनापति (pradhān senāpati), सेनापति (senāpati), कमांडर इन चीफ़ (kamāṇḍar in cīf). See Commander-in-chief meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is commander-in-chief?
- Commander-in-chief is a noun.
- What is the plural of commander-in-chief?
- The plural of commander-in-chief is commanders-in-chief.
Words near commander-in-chief in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: commander-in-chief (page history and authors); commander-in-chief (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); പടത്തലവൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); commander-in-chief (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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