In titles of office, captain of the war, treasurer of the king's wars, treasurer at wars. Obsolete except as minister of (or for) war, secretary a…

Chief commander of a force: commander-in-chief of an army (obsolete in English use). Also the governor of a Spanish province or colony.

a senior military leader, usually a general in command of a nation's army; (in the United States and some other countries) the highest rank of…

(more fully Lord High General) (the title of) a commander-in-chief.

A supreme commander; spec. an officer in command of a combined military, naval, and air force, or of several armies. Also: a prefixed title or form…

= generalissimo, n.

Commander-in-chief n. The chief or supreme commander of all the military land forces of a State; also

A military commander or commander-in-chief. Often used to render Kriegsherr as a title of the German Emperor; also attributive.

Commander in Chief.