supreme commander

American  

noun

1. the military officer commanding all allied forces in a theater of war.

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supreme commander British  

noun

1. the military officer in overall command of all forces in one theatre of operations

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Etymology

Origin of supreme commander

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Half the host, With Agamemnon, son of Atreus, stay’d Supreme commander, and, embarking, half Push’d forth.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

Is it thy purpose merely to remain Supreme commander of the Austrian armies?—

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

Great Sir! disdain not in this piece to stand, Supreme commander both of sea and land.

From Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham by Denham, John, Sir