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What is a commander in chief?

What is a commander in chief? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country.
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It is a little bit frightening how broadly he asserts his authority as commander in chief.
On the next day, Congress chose George Washington to be its commander in chief.
Within a few years, however, he regained his stature, eventually becoming a field marshal and commander in chief of the British army.
Article 19 of that law empowered the president to name the commander in chief.
On returning to England in 1902 he was created Viscount Kitchener and was appointed commander in chief in India.
The drum major, in his tall black fur hat, face-to-face with Reagan, smartly saluted his departing commander in chief.

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