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noun, plural commanders in chief.

Also, Commander in Chief. the supreme commander of the armed forces of a nation or, sometimes, of several allied nations: The president is the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air force.

an officer in command of a particular portion of an armed force who has been given this title by specific authorization.

Origin:
1635–45

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commander in chief

—n , pl commanders in chief
1.	the officer holding supreme command of the forces in an area or operation
2.	the officer holding command of a major subdivision of one military service

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commander in chief definition

The role of the United States president as highest ranking officer in the armed forces. The Constitution provides this power, but, through the system of checks and balances, gives Congress the authority to declare war. During periods of war, presidents such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, George H. W. Bush, William Jefferson Clinton, and George W. Bush have taken active roles as commander in chief.

Example sentences

But you were the commander in chief and president, and these were

presidential-level decisions.

But it was a reminder that the commander in chief is also the forgiver in chief.

Critics of the statute insist that it impinges on the president's inherent

powers as commander in chief.

The commander in chief's mood was as bleak as the landscape.

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"There can only be one Commander-in-Chief. In these times, crises cannot be managed and wars cannot be waged by committee. To the ears of the world, the President speaks for the nation. While he is of course ultimately accountable to Congress, the courts, and the people, he and his emissaries must not be handicapped in advance in their relations with foreign governments as has sometimes happened in the past."

-Gerald R. Ford