JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The executive agency that advises the President on military questions; composed of the chiefs of the United States Army and the United States Navy and the United States Air Force and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps

Synonyms:

Joint Chiefs; Joint Chiefs of Staff

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Joint Chiefs of Staff" is a kind of...):

executive agency (an agency of the executive branch of government)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

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