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commander in chief plural commanders in chief
Supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country .
c. 1600 Observations vpon Caesars Comentaries [1] 175 :For, [Scipio] being Commaunder in chiefe , ouer an Armie; (Latin original : praeesse autem suo nomine exercitui ) 1787 Philadelphia Convention , “Article II, Section 2”, in Constitution of the United States of America [2] 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.
supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
Albanian: komandant i përgjithshëm m
Arabic: رَئِيس أَرْكَان m ( raʔīs ʔarkān )
Armenian: գլխավոր հրամանատար (hy) ( glxavor hramanatar )
Azerbaijani: ali baş komandan baş komandan
Belarusian: галоўнакама́ндуючы m ( halownakamándujučy )
Bengali: সর্বাধিনায়ক ( śorbadhinaẏok )
Bulgarian: главнокома́ндващ m ( glavnokomándvašt )
Burmese: ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ် (my) ( ka-kwaire:u:ci:hkyup )
Catalan: comandant en cap m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 總司令 / 总司令 (zh) ( zǒngsīlìng )
Czech: vrchní velitel m
Danish: øverstkommanderende øverstbefalende
Dutch: opperbevelhebber (nl) m
Esperanto: ĉefgeneralo
Estonian: ülemjuhataja
Faroese: hægstráðandi m
Finnish: puolustusvoimain ylipäällikkö
French: commandant en chef (fr) m
Georgian: მთავარსარდალი ( mtavarsardali )
German: Oberbefehlshaber (de) m OB (de) m
Greek: αρχιστράτηγος (el) m ( archistrátigos )
Hebrew: רָמַטְכָּ״ל \ רמטכ״ל m ( ramatkál ) , שַׂר צָבָא (he) m ( sar tsavá )
Hindi: प्रधान सेनापति m ( pradhān senāpati ) , सेनापति (hi) m ( senāpati ) , कमांडर इन चीफ़ m ( kamāṇḍar in cīf )
Hungarian: főparancsnok (hu)
Icelandic: yfirforingi m
Indonesian: panglima tertinggi (id)
Irish: ardcheannasaí m
Italian: comandante in capo m comandate supremo m
Japanese: 最高指揮官 ( さいこうしきかん, saikō shikikan ) , 総司令官 (ja) ( そうしれいかん, sōshireikan )
Kashmiri: سِپاہ سالار ( sipāh sālār )
Kazakh: жоғарғы бас қолбасшы ( joğarğy bas qolbasşy ) , бас қолбасшы ( bas qolbasşy )
Khmer: អគ្គមេបញ្ជាការ ( ʼakkĕəʼ mee bɑñciəkaa )
Korean: 총사령관(總司令官) ( chongsaryeonggwan )
Kyrgyz: башкы колбашчы ( başkı kolbaşcı ) , башкы командачы ( başkı komandacı )
Lao: ຜູ້ບັນຊາການສູງສຸດ ( phū ban sā kān sūng sut )
Latvian: virspavēlnieks m
Lithuanian: vyriausiasis vadas m
Macedonian: главен команда́нт m ( glaven komandánt ) , врховен команда́нт m ( vrhoven komandánt )
Malay: ketua turus ( Malaysian form ) , panglima tertinggi pemerintah tertinggi
Manx: ard-anneyder m
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: ерөнхий командлагч ( jörönxii komandlagč )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: øverstkommanderende
Pannonian Rusyn: войсководитель m ( vojskovoditelʹ )
Persian:
Iranian Persian: فَرْمَانْدِهِ کُلِّ قُوا ( farmândeh-e koll-e ġovâ ) , بُزُرْگاَرْتِشْتاران (fa) ( bozorg-arteštârân )
Polish: naczelny wódz m głównodowodzący m
Portuguese: comandante em chefe m or f
Romanian: comandant suprem (ro) m comandant-șef m
Russian: главнокома́ндующий (ru) m ( glavnokomándujuščij )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: во̏јсковођа m
Latin: vȍjskovođa (sh) m
Slovak: vrchný veliteľ m
Slovene: vrhovni poveljnik m
Spanish: comandante en jefe m or f
Swedish: överbefälhavare (sv) c
Tajik: сарфармондеҳ ( sarfarmondeh ) , фармондеҳи кулли қуво ( farmondeh-i kull-i quvo )
Thai: ผู้บัญชาการทหาร ( pûu-ban-chaa-gaan-tá-hǎan )
Turkish: başkomutan (tr) ; serasker (tr) ( historical )
Ottoman Turkish: سرعسكر ( serʼasker )
Turkmen: baş serkerde
Ukrainian: головнокома́ндувач m ( holovnokománduvač )
Urdu: کَمانْڈَر اِن چِیف m ( kamānḍar in cīf )
Uyghur: باش قوماندان ( bash qomandan )
Uzbek: bosh qoʻmondon oliy bosh qoʻmondon
Vietnamese: tổng tư lệnh (vi)
Welsh: pencadlywydd m
