supreme commander

collocation in English

meaningsofsupremeandcommander

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supreme
adjective
uk
/suːˈpriːm/us
/suːˈpriːm/
having the highest rank, level, ...
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commander
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈmɑːn.dər/us
/kəˈmæn.dɚ/
an officer who is in charge of a military operation, or an officer of a particular rank in many countries' ...
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(Definition ofsupremeandcommanderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There are rather more than another ten helping to contribute to the international staff of thesupremecommander.
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If matters were otherwise thesupremecommandermight indeed be in a strait-jacket.
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What we really want is asupremecommander.
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He has been in command now over twelve months, and that is a fairly long time in which to test asupremecommander.
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He is thesupremecommander, so to speak.
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What is wanted is not a co-ordinator but asupremecommanderand a six months state of emergency under military law.
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He has never worked a day in his life, and he is thesupremecommander.
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For example, are we certain that the structure, as envisaged—with asupremecommandercommanding a force comprising 16 nations, operating miles apart and performing different functions—is the right structure?
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I should not be surprised, especially after listening to him today, if at some time he wants asupremecommanderfor the much smaller integrated forces.
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When one is fighting a war and has asupremecommanderwho advises certain things, one has to get on with the war or else get out of it.
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I will only take orders from the police commissioner, who is mysupremecommander.
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However, as the imperial forces lacked asupremecommander, they did not coordinate their operations and did not look out for each other.
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He remainedsupremecommanderof the armed forces.
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Thesupremecommanderwas the khan, who mustered the army with the help of the aristocracy.
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The legati were officers of senatorial rank who assisted thesupremecommander.
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Thesupremecommanderrefused to ratify the capitulation.
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Creutz was also unique as asupremecommanderof the navy since he had no experience of military matters.
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He also wassupremecommander-in-chief of the armed forces and final arbiter of foreign policy.
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With no mobile forces orsupremecommanderleft, there was no possibility to effect a break out.
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These troops were loyal to theirsupremecommandertwenty years ago, so why shouldn't they be so today.
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