"commander in chief" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: commanders in chief [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|commanders in chief}} commander in chief (plural commanders in chief)
  1. Supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country. Synonyms: commander-in-chief Related terms: shogun, generalissimo Translations (supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country): komandant i përgjithshëm [masculine] (Albanian), رَئِيس أَرْكَان (raʔīs ʔarkān) [masculine] (Arabic), գլխավոր հրամանատար (glxavor hramanatar) (Armenian), ali baş komandan (Azerbaijani), baş komandan (Azerbaijani), галоўнакама́ндуючы (haloŭnakamándujučy) [masculine] (Belarusian), главнокома́ндващ (glavnokomándvašt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 總司令 (Chinese Mandarin), 总司令 (zǒngsīlìng) (Chinese Mandarin), vrchní velitel [masculine] (Czech), øverstkommanderende (Danish), øverstbefalende (Danish), opperbevelhebber [masculine] (Dutch), ĉefgeneralo (Esperanto), ülemjuhataja (Estonian), puolustusvoimain ylipäällikkö (Finnish), commandant en chef [masculine] (French), მთავარსარდალი (mtavarsardali) (Georgian), Oberbefehlshaber [masculine] (German), OB [masculine] (German), αρχιστράτηγος (archistrátigos) [masculine] (Greek), רָמַטְכָּ"ל (ramatkál) [masculine] (Hebrew), שַׂר צָבָא (sar tzavá) [masculine] (Hebrew), प्रधान सेनापति (pradhān senāpati) [masculine] (Hindi), सेनापति (senāpati) [masculine] (Hindi), कमांडर इन चीफ़ (kamāṇḍar in cīf) [masculine] (Hindi), főparancsnok (Hungarian), panglima tertinggi (Indonesian), ardcheannasaí [masculine] (Irish), comandante in capo [masculine] (Italian), comandate supremo [masculine] (Italian), 最高指揮官 (saikō shikikan) (alt: さいこうしきかん) (Japanese), 総司令官 (sōshireikan) (alt: そうしれいかん) (Japanese), жоғарғы бас қолбасшы (joğarğy bas qolbasşy) (Kazakh), бас қолбасшы (bas qolbasşy) (Kazakh), 총사령관 (chongsaryeonggwan) (alt: 總司令官) (Korean), башкы колбашчы (başkı kolbaşcı) (Kyrgyz), башкы командачы (başkı komandacı) (Kyrgyz), virspavēlnieks [masculine] (Latvian), главен команда́нт (glaven komandánt) [masculine] (Macedonian), врховен команда́нт (vrhoven komandánt) [masculine] (Macedonian), ketua turus (note: Malaysian form) (Malay), ard-anneyder [masculine] (Manx), øverstkommanderende (Norwegian Bokmål), فرمانده کل قوا (farmânde-ye kol-e qovâ) (Persian), بزرگارتشتاران (bozorg-arteštârân) (Persian), naczelny wódz [masculine] (Polish), głównodowodzący [masculine] (Polish), comandante-em-chefe [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), comandantul suprem [masculine] (Romanian), comandantul-șef [masculine] (Romanian), главнокома́ндующий (glavnokomándujuščij) [masculine] (Russian), во̏јсковођа [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vȍjskovođa [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vrchný veliteľ [masculine] (Slovak), vrhovni poveljnik [masculine] (Slovene), comandante en jefe [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), överbefälhavare [common-gender] (Swedish), сарфармондеҳ (sarfarmondeh) (Tajik), ผู้บัญชาการทหาร (pûu-ban-chaa-gaan-tá-hǎan) (Thai), başkomutan (Turkish), головнокома́ндувач (holovnokománduvač) [masculine] (Ukrainian), کَمانْڈر اِن چِیف (kamānḍar in cīf) [masculine] (Urdu), باش قوماندان (bash qomandan) (Uyghur), bosh qoʻmondon (Uzbek), oliy bosh qoʻmondon (Uzbek), tổng tư lệnh (Vietnamese)
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          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
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          "roman": "glavnokomándvašt",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "главнокома́ндващ"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zǒngsīlìng",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vrchní velitel"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "øverstkommanderende"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "øverstbefalende"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "opperbevelhebber"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "ĉefgeneralo"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "ülemjuhataja"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "puolustusvoimain ylipäällikkö"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "commandant en chef"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mtavarsardali",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "მთავარსარდალი"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Oberbefehlshaber"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "archistrátigos",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "αρχιστράτηγος"
        },
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ramatkál",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "רָמַטְכָּ\"ל"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "sar tzavá",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "שַׂר צָבָא"
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "pradhān senāpati",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
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          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "kamāṇḍar in cīf",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "कमांडर इन चीफ़"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "főparancsnok"
        },
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "panglima tertinggi"
        },
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ardcheannasaí"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "comandante in capo"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "comandate supremo"
        },
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          "alt": "さいこうしきかん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "saikō shikikan",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "最高指揮官"
        },
        {
          "alt": "そうしれいかん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sōshireikan",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "総司令官"
        },
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "joğarğy bas qolbasşy",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "жоғарғы бас қолбасшы"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "bas qolbasşy",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "бас қолбасшы"
        },
        {
          "alt": "總司令官",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "chongsaryeonggwan",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "총사령관"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "başkı kolbaşcı",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "башкы колбашчы"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "başkı komandacı",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "башкы командачы"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "virspavēlnieks"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "glaven komandánt",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "главен команда́нт"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vrhoven komandánt",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "врховен команда́нт"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "note": "Malaysian form",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "ketua turus"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ard-anneyder"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "øverstkommanderende"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "farmânde-ye kol-e qovâ",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "فرمانده کل قوا"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bozorg-arteštârân",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "بزرگارتشتاران"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "naczelny wódz"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "głównodowodzący"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "comandante-em-chefe"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "comandantul suprem"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "comandantul-șef"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "glavnokomándujuščij",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "главнокома́ндующий"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "во̏јсковођа"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vȍjskovođa"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vrchný veliteľ"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vrhovni poveljnik"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "comandante en jefe"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "överbefälhavare"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "sarfarmondeh",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "сарфармондеҳ"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "pûu-ban-chaa-gaan-tá-hǎan",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "ผู้บัญชาการทหาร"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "başkomutan"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "holovnokománduvač",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "головнокома́ндувач"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "kamānḍar in cīf",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "کَمانْڈر اِن چِیف"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "bash qomandan",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "باش قوماندان"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "bosh qoʻmondon"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "oliy bosh qoʻmondon"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
          "word": "tổng tư lệnh"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "commander in chief"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "commanders in chief",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "commanders in chief"
      },
      "expansion": "commander in chief (plural commanders in chief)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "shogun"
    },
    {
      "word": "generalissimo"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Hindi terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Urdu terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1600, Clement Edmundes, Observations vpon Caesars Comentaries, page 175",
          "text": "For, [Scipio] being Commaunder in chiefe, ouer an Armie; (Latin original: praeesse autem suo nomine exercitui)",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1787, Philadelphia Convention, “Article II, Section 2”, in Constitution of the United States of America, Philadelphia",
          "text": "The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "commander",
          "commander"
        ],
        [
          "armed forces",
          "armed forces"
        ],
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "commander-in-chief"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "komandant i përgjithshëm"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "raʔīs ʔarkān",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "رَئِيس أَرْكَان"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "glxavor hramanatar",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "գլխավոր հրամանատար"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "ali baş komandan"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "baş komandan"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "haloŭnakamándujučy",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "галоўнакама́ндуючы"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "glavnokomándvašt",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "главнокома́ндващ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "總司令"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǒngsīlìng",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "总司令"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vrchní velitel"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "øverstkommanderende"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "øverstbefalende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opperbevelhebber"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "ĉefgeneralo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "ülemjuhataja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "puolustusvoimain ylipäällikkö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "commandant en chef"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mtavarsardali",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "მთავარსარდალი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Oberbefehlshaber"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "OB"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "archistrátigos",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αρχιστράτηγος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ramatkál",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "רָמַטְכָּ\"ל"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sar tzavá",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שַׂר צָבָא"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pradhān senāpati",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "प्रधान सेनापति"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "senāpati",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "सेनापति"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kamāṇḍar in cīf",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कमांडर इन चीफ़"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "főparancsnok"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "panglima tertinggi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ardcheannasaí"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comandante in capo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comandate supremo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さいこうしきかん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saikō shikikan",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "最高指揮官"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そうしれいかん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sōshireikan",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "総司令官"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "joğarğy bas qolbasşy",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "жоғарғы бас қолбасшы"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "bas qolbasşy",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "бас қолбасшы"
    },
    {
      "alt": "總司令官",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chongsaryeonggwan",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "총사령관"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "başkı kolbaşcı",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "башкы колбашчы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "başkı komandacı",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "башкы командачы"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "virspavēlnieks"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "glaven komandánt",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "главен команда́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vrhoven komandánt",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "врховен команда́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "note": "Malaysian form",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "ketua turus"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ard-anneyder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "øverstkommanderende"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "farmânde-ye kol-e qovâ",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "فرمانده کل قوا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bozorg-arteštârân",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "بزرگارتشتاران"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "naczelny wódz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "głównodowodzący"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comandante-em-chefe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comandantul suprem"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comandantul-șef"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glavnokomándujuščij",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "главнокома́ндующий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "во̏јсковођа"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vȍjskovođa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vrchný veliteľ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vrhovni poveljnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comandante en jefe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "överbefälhavare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "sarfarmondeh",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "сарфармондеҳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pûu-ban-chaa-gaan-tá-hǎan",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "ผู้บัญชาการทหาร"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "başkomutan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "holovnokománduvač",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "головнокома́ндувач"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "kamānḍar in cīf",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "کَمانْڈر اِن چِیف"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "bash qomandan",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "باش قوماندان"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "bosh qoʻmondon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "oliy bosh qoʻmondon"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country",
      "word": "tổng tư lệnh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "commander in chief"
}

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