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commanders-in-chief

commanders-in-chief is the plural 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

Questions about commanders-in-chief

What is commanders-in-chief the plural of?
Commanders-in-chief is the plural of commander-in-chief.

Words near commanders-in-chief in the dictionary

  1. commanderless
  2. commanderlike
  3. commanderly
  4. commanders
  5. commanders in chief
  6. commanders-in-chief
  7. commandership
  8. commanderships
  9. commandery
  10. commandest
  11. commandeth

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