Generalissimo

Definitions

A supreme commander of the armed forces of a country, especially one who is also a political leader.

Equivalents

Examples

“Where stands Marshal Chiang Kai-shek in this conflict of opinion concerning the tactics which China should adopt⟳ towards the aggressor? Chiang Kai-shek, according to officials who know⟳ his mind⟳ with whom I have⟳ talked, is all for resistance—as soon as he thinks he can win⟳! “It is a fatal mistake⟳ for the Japanese to imagine⟳ that I will not fight⟳ under any circumstances,” he has said. But the Chinese Generalissimo is too well versed in the philosophy of his country not to recollect that it is foolish to fight⟳ with the certainty of defeat⟳.”

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