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Noun: commander in chief
  1. The officer who holds the supreme command
    "in the U.S. the president is the commander in chief";
    - commander-in-chief, generalissimo

Derived forms: commanders in chief, commander-in-chiefs

Type of: commandant, commander, commanding officer

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