Definition of "generalissimo" []

• The commander in chief of all the armed forces in certain countries. (noun)

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• "Driven out of the city by the Hakka General the previous year, Sun had been allowed to take back the title of generalissimo by two other warlords: General Yang of the Army of Yunnan and General Liu of the Army of Kwangsi, both provinces lying west of Canton’s province of Kwangtung."
• "The generalissimo was a man of few, usually cryptic, words."
• "He was also known to refer to the generalissimo as “a lily-livered Chink” and a “slant-eyed snake.”"