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.
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.
A lot of military rank terms derive from French. In French grammar, the noun modifier often goes after the thing it is modifying rather than before.
Like Mont Blanc. Mountain white.
Origin of the title explains a lot.