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commander_in_chief

commander in chief

See also: commander-in-chief

English

Alternative forms

commander-in-chief

Noun

commander in chief ‎(plural commanders in chief)

Supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country.

Translations

Supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country

Chinese:
Mandarin: 總司令 (zh), 总司令 (zh) ‎(zǒngsīlìng)
Dutch: opperbevelhebber (nl) m
Finnish: puolustusvoimain ylipäällikkö
French: commandant en chef m
German: Oberbefehlshaber m, OB (de) m
Greek: αρχιστράτηγος (el) m ‎(archistrátigos)
Irish: ardcheannasaí m
Japanese: 最高指揮官 ‎(さいこうしきかん, saikō shikikan)
Macedonian: главен команда́нт m ‎(glaven komandánt), врховен команда́нт m ‎(vrhoven komandánt)

Malay: ketua turus m, c (Malaysian form)
Persian: فرمانده کل قوا ‎(farmânde-ye kol-le qovâ)
Polish: naczelny wódz m
Portuguese: comandante-em-chefe m, f
Russian: главнокома́ндующий (ru) m ‎(glavnokomándujuščij)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: војсковођа m

Roman: vojskovođa (sh) m
Slovene: vrhovni poveljnik m
Swedish: överbefälhavare

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