"in chief" meaning in English

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        "Executive, the highest in command."
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        "(after a noun) Executive, the highest in command."
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          "ref": "1844, John Burke, Bernard Burke, Encyclopædia of Heraldry, Or General Armory of England, Scotland and Ireland, page 375",
          "text": "Erm. a fesse betw. two demi lions in chief and three mascles in base gu.",
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          "text": "Arg. a saltire betw. a cross-gate in chief and in base and a crescent in each flank gu. / HEGENS, Scotland. Arg. a saltire engr. betw. a mullet in chief two crescents in flanks and a cross crosslet fitchy in base gu.",
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        "(heraldry) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, chief. In the chief of the escutcheon."
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      "ipa": "/ɪn t͡ʃiːf/"
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      "rhymes": "-iːf"
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          "text": "Arg. a saltire betw. a cross-gate in chief and in base and a crescent in each flank gu. / HEGENS, Scotland. Arg. a saltire engr. betw. a mullet in chief two crescents in flanks and a cross crosslet fitchy in base gu.",
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