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başkumandan

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

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 edit

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