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.
   • New York Times, 16 June 1918

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

   • New York Times, 14 April 1944

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

   • Time Magazine, 6 September 1954

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

   • Los Angeles Times, 4 March 1968

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

   • Los Angeles Times, 13 July 1940

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

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

     The ace of aces was dead.

Alternative forms

• Ace of Aces
• Ace of aces
• Ace Of Aces

Translations

ace with the greatest number of kills

• French: as des as
• German: As der Asse

• Italian: asso di assi