Usually means: Leader of the armed forces.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word commander in chief:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. commander in chief: Merriam-Webster
  2. Commander in Chief, commander in chief: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. commander in chief: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Commander-in-Chief, commander-in-chief, commander in chief: Collins English Dictionary
  5. commander in chief: Vocabulary.com
  6. commander in chief: Wordnik
  7. commander-in-chief: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. commander-in-chief, commander in chief: Wiktionary
  9. commander in chief: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. commander in chief: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. commander in chief: Dictionary.com
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  13. commander in chief: Rhymezone
  14. commander in chief: FreeDictionary.org
  15. commander in chief: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. commander-in-chief, commander in chief: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. commander in chief: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. commander-in-chief: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (commander in chief)

▸ noun:  Supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country.

Similar:
generalissimo, commander-in-chief, commander-in-chiefship, commanding officer, commander in chiefship, general-in-chief, commander, captain general, chief of staff, archcommander, more...

Adjectives:
in chief, executive, chief, president, boss, vice, number two, superintendent, chiefe, premier, ministerial

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Similar:
generalissimo, commander-in-chief, commander-in-chiefship, commanding officer, commander in chiefship, general-in-chief, commander, captain general, chief of staff, archcommander, more...

Adjectives:
in chief, executive, chief, president, boss, vice, number two, superintendent, chiefe, premier, ministerial



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