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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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Article 19 of that law empowered the president to name the commander in chief.
At a time of great challenge in the world the commander in chief must stand on principle, not on the shifting sands of political convenience.
Within a few years, however, he regained his stature, eventually becoming a field marshal and commander in chief of the British army.
Fortunately, the President is the commander in chief, not the theologian in chief.
On returning to England in 1902 he was created Viscount Kitchener and was appointed commander in chief in India.
As commander in chief, the president must wield his executive power to hunt down, interdict, arrest, or kill the nation's enemies.

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