Usually means: Leader of a nation's military.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word commander-in-chief:

General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Commander-in-Chief, commander-in-chief: Collins English Dictionary
  2. commander-in-chief: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. commander-in-chief: Wiktionary
  4. Commander-in-Chief, Commander-in-chief, The Commander-In-Chief: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. commander-in-chief: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. commander-in-chief: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. commander-in-chief: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Commander-in-chief)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of commander in chief [Supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country.]

Similar:
C-in-C, CINC, Cmdr, Comdr., Cmdr., Capt, G. I., G.I., exe., order in council, more...

Opposite:
subordinate, follower, underling, rank and file

Types:
president, prime minister, general, admiral, marshal, commander, chief of staff, field marshal, more...

Phrases:
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, more...

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Similar:
C-in-C, CINC, Cmdr, Comdr., Cmdr., Capt, G. I., G.I., exe., order in council, more...

Opposite:
subordinate, follower, underling, rank and file

Types:
president, prime minister, general, admiral, marshal, commander, chief of staff, field marshal, more...

Phrases:
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, more...



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