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commander in chief

commander in chief is the alternative form 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 commander in chief

pluralcommanders in chief

Questions about commander in chief

What is commander in chief the alternative form of?
Commander in chief is the alternative form of commander-in-chief.

Words near commander in chief in the dictionary

  1. commandeers
  2. commandees
  3. commandement
  4. commandements
  5. commander
  6. commander in chief
  7. commander in chiefship
  8. Commander Islands
  9. Commander of the Faithful
  10. commander-in-chief
  11. commander-in-chiefship

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