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• commander-in-chief

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commander in chief (plural commanders in chief)

1. Supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country.
   • c. 1600, Clement Edmundes, Observations vpon Caesars Comentaries‎, page 175:

     For, [Scipio] being Commaunder in chiefe, ouer an Armie; (Latin original: praeesse autem suo nomine exercitui)

   • 1787, Philadelphia Convention, “Article II, Section 2”, in Constitution of the United States of America‎, Philadelphia:

     The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

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• shogun
• generalissimo

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commander-in-chief (plural commanders-in-chief)

1. Alternative spelling of commander in chief.
   • 2021 November 30, Steven Nelson, “Biden haters greet president in Minnesota with ‘FJB’ and ‘You Suck’ signs”, in New York Post‎, archived from the original on 12 March 2022:

     President Biden received an ugly welcome in the Land of 10,000 Lakes on Tuesday when his motorcade passed dozens of protesters who held vulgar signs dissing the commander-in-chief.