ace of aces

ace of aces

English

Noun

ace of aces (plural aces of aces)

1. (military) The military ace with the greatest number of kills, still in active service, of a nation's military forces, of a particular branch.
   • New York Times, 16 June 1918

     Brookline Man Supplants Baylies as the American Ace of Aces if His Record Stands.

   • New York Times, 14 April 1944

     Bong Downs 27th Japanese Plane And Becomes U. S. 'Ace Of Aces'

   • Time Magazine, 6 September 1954

     Top ace of aces was Captain Joseph C. McConnell Jr. of Apple Valley, Calif., who posted the unequaled high score for Korea

   • Los Angeles Times, 4 March 1968

     Yet virtually larger than life in the eyes of his contemporaries, the "scourge of the skies," the "ace of aces,"

   • Los Angeles Times, 13 July 1940

     the U-boat commander who drowned them was Hitler's subsea ace of aces

   • Tank Tactics: From Normandy to Lorraine, by Roman Johann Jarymowycz (2001)

     The ace of aces was dead.

Alternative forms

• Ace of Aces
• Ace of aces
• Ace Of Aces

Translations

ace with the greatest number of kills

French: as des as German: As der Asse

Italian: asso di assi