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command-in-chief, v. trans. and intr.
To be commander-in-chief (of).
1759Franklin Ess. Wks. 1840 III. 290 All to be commanded in chief by a general officer of rank. 1782Ld. Percy in G. Rose Diaries (1860) I. 54 An intention of sending Lord Cornwallis out to Command-in-Chief in India. Ibid. I. 55 As fit to Command-in-Chief as I am to be Prime Minister.
Hence officer, etc. commanding-in-chief.
1859Lang Wand. India 394 This sentence was..approved by the General Commanding-in-Chief. 1886Whitaker's Almanack 82 Duke of Cambridge, Field-Marshall Commanding-in-Chief. Ibid. 158 Department of the Officer Commanding-in-Chief. |