ace of aces

English

Noun

ace of aces (plural aces of aces)

1. (military) The military ace with the greatest number of kills, still in active service, of a nation's military forces, of a particular branch.
   • 1918, New York Times, 16 June

     Brookline Man Supplants Baylies as the American Ace of Aces if His Record Stands.

   • 1940, Los Angeles Times, 13 July

     the U-boat commander who drowned them was Hitler's subsea ace of aces

   • 1944, New York Times, 14 April

     Bong Downs 27th Japanese Plane And Becomes U. S. 'Ace Of Aces'

   • 1954, Time Magazine, 6 September

     Top ace of aces was Captain Joseph C. McConnell Jr. of Apple Valley, Calif., who posted the unequaled high score for Korea

   • 1968, Los Angeles Times, 4 March

     Yet virtually larger than life in the eyes of his contemporaries, the "scourge of the skies," the "ace of aces,"

   • 2001, Roman Johann Jarymowycz, Tank Tactics: From Normandy to Lorraine

     The ace of aces was dead.

Alternative forms

• Ace of Aces

Translations

ace with the greatest number of kills

• Finnish: ässien ässä
• French: as des as

• German: As der Asse
• Italian: asso di assi