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commander in chief

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com·mand·er in chief (also Com·mand·er in Chief) • n. (pl. com·mand·ers in chief) a head of state or officer in supreme command of a country's armed forces. ∎ an officer in charge of a major subdivision of a country's armed forces, or of its forces in a particular area.

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commander in chief

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

commander in chief also Commander in Chief pl. commanders in chief
1. a head of state or officer in supreme command of a country's armed forces.

2. an officer in charge of a major subdivision of a country's armed forces, or of its forces in a particular area.

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