Why not Chief in command or Commander of chiefs or similar?

The sentence basically means Commander in biggest or Commander in most important. It’s a strange structure.

  • litchralee@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    Yes, we are in firm agreement: that page offers more examples for the OP to peruse, some French and some not. My favorite is “attorney general”, with more to choose from.