başkumandan

Turkish

Etymology

baş (“head”) +‎ kumandan (“commander”)

Noun

başkumandan (definite accusative başkumandanı, plural başkumandanlar)

1. (military) commander in chief
   • 1929 March 22, “Mareşal Foch dün vefat etti”, in İkdam:

     Bu adam harpta itilâf başkumandanı idi.

     This man was commander-in-chief on the Allied battlefield.

References

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN