command-in-chiefv.
transitive and intransitive. To be commander-in-chief (of).
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military service > serve as a soldier [verb (intransitive)] > lead or command
leada900
sergeantc1430
command-in-chief1759
society > armed hostility > military service > make into soldier [verb (transitive)] > lead or command
leada900
awit1250
guidec1374
conducta1500
command1594
officer1709
command-in-chief1759
fight1779
general1797
1759 R. Jackson Hist. Rev. Pennsylvania 166 All to be commanded in chief by a General Officer of Rank.
1782 Ld. Percy in G. Rose Diaries (1860) I. 54 An intention of sending Lord Cornwallis out to Command-in-Chief in India.
1782 Ld. Percy in G. Rose Diaries (1860) I. 55 As fit to Command-in-Chief as I am to be Prime Minister.
Derivatives
officer commanding-in-chief n. (also general commanding-in-chief, etc.)
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > commander-in-chief
captain of the warc1450
captain-general1514
general of the army1548
Lord General1577
generalissimo1621
generalissimus1637
Commander-in-chief1655
war-lord1856
officer commanding-in-chief1859
C. in C.1889
1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 394 This sentence was..approved by the General Commanding-in-Chief.
1886 Whitaker's Almanack 82 Duke of Cambridge, Field-Marshall Commanding-in-Chief.
1886 Whitaker's Almanack 158 Department of the Officer Commanding-in-Chief.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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command-in-chief
command-in-chief n. supreme military charge (cf. Commander-in-chief n. at commander n. 10).
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > commander-in-chief > position of
captain-generalcy1844
captaincy-general1846
command-in-chief1859
1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 363 I am to have the command-in-chief at Bombay.
1888 Spectator 30 June 877/1 The direct command-in-chief of a million soldiers.
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