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    C. in C.
    abbreviation
    Commander in Chief.
  • C in C
    C in C
    abbreviation
    Commander in Chief
Synonyms

C. in C.

American  
Or C-in-C

abbreviation

  1. Commander in Chief.


C in C British  

abbreviation

  1. Commander in Chief

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Example Sentences

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"My lord, we must act at once!" cries "Old Noll" Cromwell to his C. in C., the Earl of Essex.

From Time Magazine Archive

Desperate diseases call for desperate remedies, and the C. in C. had recourse to the only expedient in which lay a hope of salvation from the threatened flank attack, should it come.

From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Hamilton, Ernest W.

On that day General Joffre told the C. in C. that he was going to take the offensive.

From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Hamilton, Ernest W.

So I told the C. in C., and he agreed with me.

From The Lost Naval Papers by Copplestone, Bennet

The original intention of the C. in C. had been to make a stand along this road.

From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Hamilton, Ernest W.