SINCE 1828
colonel-in-chief
noun
plural colonels-in-chief
or colonel-in-chiefs
Definition of colonel-in-chief
: an honorary rank in some corps or regiments of foreign armies (as the British) usually held by a member of a royal family or a distinguished military leader
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