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.

    • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
      6·
      9 months ago

      From the page you linked:

      There are many set phrases in English which feature postpositive adjectives. They are often loans or loan translations from foreign languages that commonly use postpositives, especially French

      • litchralee@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        9 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.