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Princeton's WordNet

  1. commander in chief, generalissimonoun

    the officer who holds the supreme command

    "in the U.S. the president is the commander in chief"

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  1. commander in chiefnoun

    Supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country.

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  1. commander in chief

    The commander in chief is a term for the person or body that exercises supreme operational command and control of a nation's military forces or significant elements of those forces. In many nations, the commander in chief is the head of state or the highest-ranking political leader, such as the president or a monarch. This role often gives the person the power to make critical decisions relating to national security, defense strategy, and the deployment of troops.

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  1. Commander in Chief

    Commander in Chief is an American drama television series that focused on the fictional administration and family of Mackenzie Allen, the first female President of the United States, who ascends to the post from the Vice Presidency after the death of the sitting President from a sudden cerebral aneurysm. The series began broadcasting on ABC on Tuesday, September 27, 2005, at 9 p.m. Eastern Time, although most countries outside North America began screening the series in mid-2006. The show was #1 on Tuesday nights until FOX's American Idol started in January. The show was also the #1 new show of the season until CBS' Criminal Minds surpassed it. Its major competitor in the 9:00 p.m. timeslot was FOX's House, which aired after American Idol. The series was created by American director Rod Lurie, director of the films The Contender and Deterrence and may have been inspired by The West Wing, a popular political drama on rival NBC. The network replaced Lurie with Steven Bochco as show runner, but declining ratings brought about a hiatus, a timeslot change and ultimately cancellation.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of commander in chief in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of commander in chief in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of commander in chief in a Sentence

  1. Glyn Davies:

    This demonstrates that the administration's guerilla war against American diplomats... has now become open warfare, clearly Marie Yovanovitch decided, given what had happened to Marie Yovanovitch, that it was necessary... to rebuke Marie Yovanovitch own commander in chief and his appointees.

  2. Former President Bill Clinton:

    I'm not your commander in chief anymore, but if I were, I'd tell you to be more polite, and I wouldn't listen. I would just raise my voice.

  3. President Trump:

    I acted pursuant to my Constitutional authority to conduct foreign relations and as Commander in Chief and Chief Executive.

  4. Lindsey Graham:

    I believe the next president of the United States needs to be a good commander-in-chief. I know I could be a good commander-in-chief.

  5. Tulsi Gabbard:

    Is that what you will tell the parents of those two soldiers who were just killed in Afghanistan ? ' Well, we just have to be engaged.' As a soldier I will tell you that answer is unacceptable. We have to bring our troops home from Afghanistan. We are in a place in Afghanistan where we have lost so many lives, we are no better off in Afghanistan today than we were when this war began. This is why it's so important to have This President, a commander in chief who knows the cost of war and is ready to do the job on day one.


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