IN CHIEF

Definition: IN CHIEF

IN CHIEF

1. (a) At the head; as, a commander in chief. (b) (Eng. Law) From the king, or sovereign; as, tenure in chief, tenure directly from the king. Syn: Chieftain; captain; general; commander; leader; head; principal; sachem; sagamore; sheik. Usage: Chief , chieftain , Commander , Leader . These words fluctuate somewhat in their meaning according to circumstances, but agree in the general idea of rule and authority. The term chief is now more usually applied to one who is a head man, leader, or commander in civil or military affairs, or holds a hereditary or acquired rank in a tribe or clan; as, the chief of police; the chief of an Indian tribe. A chieftain is the chief of a clan or tribe, or a military leader. A commander directs the movements of or has control over a body of men, as a military or naval force. A leader is one whom men follow, as in a political party, a legislative body, a military or scientific expedition, etc., one who takes the command and gives direction in particular enterprises.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Evidence

Oral evidence, documentary evidence, hearsay evidence, external evidence, extrinsic evidence, internal evidence, intrinsic evidence, circumstantial evidence, cumulative evidence, ex parte evidence, presumptive evidence, collateral evidence, constructive evidence; proof; (demonstration); evidence in chief.

Master

Marshal, field marshal, marechal; general, generalissimo; commander in chief, seraskier, hetman; lieutenant general, major general; colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major, adjutant, jemidar, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned officer, warrant officer; sergeant, sergeant major; color sergeant; corporal, corporal major; lance corporal, acting corporal; drum major; captain general, dizdar, knight marshal, naik, pendragon.

Crosswords: IN CHIEF

I am the commander in chief, and I decide when we go to war (Thirteen Days; writing credit: Ernest R. May; Philip D. Zelikow)

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Theater & Movies

• Biography - Dwight D. Eisenhower: Commander In Chief (reference)

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Gen. Charles T. Robertson, commander of Air Mobility Command and commander in chief of U.S. Transportation Command, led a group of senior officers from both commands on a visit to the New York Stock Exchange Oct. 20. The purpose of the visit was to examin.

Staff of Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger, Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, in a planning session on board Wyoming in 1913. Those present around the table are (from left to right): Lieutenant Gardner L. Caskey, USN; Lieutenant Commander Walton R. Sexton, USN; Lieutenant Commander Frank R. McCrary, USN; Lieutenant Stanford C. Hooper, USN; Major Albertus W. Catlin, USMC; and Commander Carl T. Vogelgesang, USN. Credit: NAVY.

Photographed at Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas headquarters, at Pearl Harbor, 14 November 1943. They are (from left to right): Vice Admiral William L. Calhoun, Commander Service Force, Pacific Fleet; Vice Admiral John H. Towers, Commander Air Force, Pacific Fleet; Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley, Commandant, Fourteenth Naval District; and Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Commander Aircraft, South Pacific Force. Credit: NAVY.

Portrait photograph, taken during the early 1940s, when he was Commander in Chief, Combined Fleet. Credit: NAVY.

Takes the oath prior to giving testimony during a Congressional investigation of the Pearl Harbor attack, during World War II. Admiral Richardson was the Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, from January 1940 until February 1941. He retired on 1 October 1942, but remained on active during the rest of World War II. Credit: NAVY.

You must tell the Commander in Chief immediately. Credit: Library of Congress.

Seated in the rear cockpit, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Commander in Chief of A.F.H.Q., readies himself for the take off to fly back from the front lines. Piloting the plane is Maj. T.J. Walker, Fifth Army Artillery office, Venafro sector, Italy / U.S. Ar. Credit: Library of Congress.

U.S. Navy - Commander in Chief of fleet - 1776 / Werner; The Werner Company, Akron, O. Credit: Library of Congress.

Major Genl. Henry W. Halleck General in chief of the armies of the U.S. July 1862. Credit: Library of Congress.

Major General Winfield Scott. General in chief, United States Army. Credit: Library of Congress.

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If any of our earls or barons, or others holding of us in chief by military service shall have died, and at the time of his death his heir shall be full of age and owe "relief", he shall have his inheritance by the old relief, to wit, the heir or heirs of an earl, for the whole baroncy of an earl by L100; the heir or heirs of a baron, L100 for a whole barony; the heir or heirs of a knight, 100s, at most, and whoever owes less let him give less, according to the ancient custom of fees. (reference)

Clause 1: 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. (reference)

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Civil Liberties

Saudi Arabia

The Ministry of Information appoints, and may remove, all editors in chief. (references)

Yemen

Al-Shumu's editor in chief, Seif al-Hadhri was also fined $59 (10,000 riyals). (references)

Yemen

Editors in chief legally are responsible for everything printed in their newspapers, regardless of authorship. (references)

Economic History

Sudan

President, Prime Minister, and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces--Lt. (references)

Paraguay

The constitution designates the president as commander in chief of the armed forces. (references)

Mali

Under Mali's 1992 constitution, the president is chief of state and commander in chief of the armed forces. (references)

Human Rights

India

On January 4, unidentified assailants shot and killed three relatives of two ULFA militants, including two relatives of ULFA deputy commander in chief Raju Baruah. (references)

Minorities

Lithuania

In March the Lithuanian Jewish Community Board asked the Prosecutor General to drop its case against the daily newspaper Lietuvos Aidas after the director and editor in chief of the daily apologized for a series of anti-Semitic articles they had published in 2000. The President, the Prime Minister, and the journalists' union publicly condemned the articles. (references)

Political Economy

Honduras

The amendment also replaced the position of the armed forces commander in chief with that of Chief of the Joint Staff. (references)

Political Rights

Mali

Under the Constitution, the President is Chief of State and Commander in Chief of the armed forces and is elected for a term of 5 years with a limit of two terms. (references)

Comoros

In 1999 in response to international criticism, Azali appointed a civilian Prime Minister, Bianrifi Tarmidi; however, Azali remains the Head of State and army Commander in Chief. (references)

Maldives

The President also is Commander in Chief of the armed forces, the Minister of Defense and National Security, the Minister of Finance and Treasury, and the Governor of the Maldivian Monetary Authority. (references)

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Expressions using "IN CHIEF": commander in chief ♦ commander in chief of the army ♦ editor in chief ♦ evidence in chief ♦ Examination in chief ♦ supreme commander in chief ♦ Tenant in chief. Additional references.

Albanian

kryeredaktor (editor in chief), kryekomandant (commander in chief, general-in-chief, generalissimo, warlord), komandant i përgjithshëm (commander in chief). (various references)

Arabic 

‏القائد الأعلى للقوات المسلحة (supreme commander in chief), ‏القائد الأعلى (commander in chief, supreme commander), ‏رئيس تحرير (editor in chief), ‏رئيس الاركان (commander in chief). (various references)

Bulgarian 

главнокомандуващ (commander, commander in chief, general-in-chief), главен редактор (editor in chief), началник на флота (commander in chief). (various references)

Czech

hlavnì (capitally, chiefly, in particular, mainly, mostly, principally). (various references)

Dutch

bevelhebber van de Koninklijke Marechaussee (Commander in Chief of the Royal Netherlands Military Police). (various references)

French

témoignage sur interrogatoire principal (evidence given in chief, evidence in chief, testimony in chief), rédacteur en chef (editor in chief), commandant général (commander in chief), chef d'etat major (commander in chief), amiral commandant en chef (Admiral Commander in Chief). (various references)

German

oberbefehlshaber (commander in chief, generalissimos, supreme commander). (various references)

Greek 

αρχισυντάκτησ (chief editor, editor in chief). (various references)

Hebrew 

מצביא (commander in chief, warlord). (various references)

Hungarian

vezérlő (actuating, chief), parancsnokló (chief, commanding). (various references)

Indonesian

panglima tertinggi (commander in chief). (various references)

Italian

direttore (conductor, curator, director, editor, editor in chief, governor, head, headmaster, leader, manager, master, principal, warden), comandante in capo (commander in chief). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

編集主幹 (editor in chief), 征夷大将軍 (commander in chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians), 主筆 (editor in chief). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しゅひつ (editor in chief, red-ink brush), せいいたいしょうぐん (commander in chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians), へんしゅうしゅかん (editor in chief). (various references)

Manx

ard-anneyder (commander in chief). (various references)

Pig Latin

inay iefchay.(various references)

Romanian

suprem (crowning, highest, paramount, supreme), mai ales (chiefly, especially, for the most part, in particular, mainly, mostly, particularly, specially). (various references)

Russian 

главный эксперт (examiner in chief), главный редактор (editor in chief, editor-in-chief), главнокомандующий (commander in chief, commander in-chief, general-in-chief, warlord), главное командование (commander in chief, command-in-chief, general headquarters, headquarters, high command). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

glavnokomandujući (commander in chief, general-in-chief), glavni urednik (editor in chief). (various references)

Spanish

supremo (all out, commander in chief, paramount, supreme, top), jefe-en-director (editor in chief), jefe supremo (commander in chief, overlord), jefe de redacción (editor in chief), general en jefe (commander in chief), comendador (commander, commander in chief), comandante en jefe (commander in chief). (various references)

Swedish

huvudredaktör (editor in chief, principal editor, supervising editor), chefredaktör (editor in chief), armechef (commander in chief of the army), överbefälhavare (commander in chief). (various references)

Turkish

en önemli (foremost, most important, number one, of primary importance, prime), baş (arch, arch-, beginning, beginnings, bow, capital, central, chief, coconut, costard, especial, first, foremost, general, governing, grand, head, heading, initial, knob, leader, master, nob, noddle, off, outset, potato, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, sconce, top), asıl (actual, authentic, Cardinal, central, elementary, extraction, foundation, fountain-head, gist, groundwork, intrinsic, main, master, origin, original, origination, pivotal, principal, principally, provenance, real, root stock, true, virtual). (various references)

Ukrainian

командуючий флотом (commander in chief), головнокомандуючий (commander in chief), головний редактор (editor in chief). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: echini.

-2 letters: chief, chine, fiche, ficin, finch, niche.

-3 letters: chef, chin, cine, fice, fine, inch, neif, nice.

-4 letters: chi, feh, fen, fie, fin, hen, hic, hie, hin, ice, ich.

-5 letters: ef, eh, en, he, hi, if, in, ne.

+2 letters: chieftain.

+3 letters: chieftains, chiffonier, fianchetti.

+4 letters: chieftaincy, chiffoniers, flichtering, frenchified, frenchifies.

+5 letters: disfranchise, frenchifying, preachifying, speechifying.